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Alex Wagner is an American journalist, author, and television host. She is currently the host of the show Now with Alex Wagner on MSNBC. She was previously the host of the show The Cycle on MSNBC. Wagner was born in Washington, D.C. on November 27, 1977. She graduated from Brown University in 1999 with a degree in American Civilization. Wagner began her career as a reporter for The Hill newspaper in Washington, D.C. She then moved to New York City to work as a producer for MTV News. She later became a correspondent for the show, covering the 2004 presidential election. In 2007, Wagner joined the Huffington Post as a senior editor. She wrote a weekly column for the website and hosted a weekly radio show on Sirius XM. In 2011, Wagner joined CBS News as a contributor. In 2012, Wagner joined MSNBC as the host of the show Now with Alex Wagner. She also hosted the show The Cycle from 2013 to 2015. Wagner is the author of the book The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America. She has also written for The Atlantic, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. Wagner has been married to actor and director Sam Kass since 2014. They have one son together. Wagner has an estimated net worth of $2 million.

Popular As Alexandra Swe Wagner
Occupation Television host,author
Age 46 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 27 November 1977
Birthday 27 November
Birthplace Washington, D.C., U.S.
Nationality United States

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Who Is Alex Wagner's Husband?

Her husband is Sam Kass (m. August 30, 2014)

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Alex Wagner Net Worth

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Timeline

2020

In 2020, Wagner launched a podcast with Crooked Media and Cadence13 that addressed the COVID-19 pandemic.

2018

In November 2016, Wagner replaced Vinita Nair on CBS This Morning Saturday. March 17, 2018 was her last appearance on CBS This Morning Saturday as she confirmed she would be leaving that show to co-host The Circus for Showtime, replacing Mark Halperin. She remains a correspondent for CBS News.

In April 2018, Futureface, her book about her Burmese American ancestry was published.

2016

On April 26, 2016, The Atlantic announced that Wagner was leaving MSNBC to join the magazine as a senior editor. In addition to writing for The Atlantic, Wagner would moderate events with AtlanticLIVE and help with developing video and TV projects with The Atlantic Studios.

2014

On August 30, 2014, Wagner married former White House nutrition policy advisor and assistant chef Sam Kass in a ceremony held at Blue Hill at Stone Barns, a restaurant in Pocantico Hills, New York. The wedding was attended by then U.S. President Barack Obama and his family, as Kass is a family friend of the former president. In 2017, Wagner gave birth to their son, Cy. She gave birth to her second child on April 16, 2019.

2011

On November 14, 2011, Wagner began hosting Now with Alex Wagner weekdays (originally at noon ET, but later at 4 PM ET). On July 30, 2015, MSNBC President Phil Griffin announced that the series had been cancelled in an effort to transition the network's daytime programming to more breaking news reporting and less political commentary and opinion. The next day the program aired its final episode. MSNBC later announced that Wagner would host a weekend program, but those plans were later abandoned.

2003

Wagner has worked as the cultural correspondent for the Center for American Progress. From 2003 to 2007, she was editor-in-chief of The Fader magazine, covering music and cultural movements from around the world. She also served as executive director of Not On Our Watch Project, an advocacy organization focused on mass atrocities and human rights violations.

1999

Alex Wagner was born and raised in Washington, D.C. Her mother, Tin Swe Thant, is an immigrant from Rangoon (now Yangon), Myanmar (Burma), who became a naturalized U.S. citizen before attending Swarthmore College. Her father, Carl Wagner, from Lansing, Iowa, was of Luxembourgish and Irish descent. He was a prominent Democratic Party political consultant who co-chaired Bill Clinton's presidential campaign. She attended Woodrow Wilson High School and graduated from Brown University in 1999, having studied art history and literature. Wagner was raised Roman Catholic.

1977

Alexandra Swe Wagner (born November 27, 1977) is an American journalist and author. She is the co-host of The Circus on Showtime and the author of FutureFace: A Family Mystery, an Epic Quest, and the Secret to Belonging (One World/Random House). She is also a contributor for CBS News and a contributing editor at The Atlantic. Previously, she was the anchor of the daytime program Now with Alex Wagner (2011-2015) on MSNBC. From November 2016 until March 2018, she was a TV co-anchor on CBS This Morning Saturday. She has also been a senior editor at The Atlantic magazine since April 2016.