Who is Ashley Parker from Washington Post? Salary, Family, Wiki

• Ashley Parker is an American journalist who is known for her work at MSNBC and The Washington Post.
• She graduated from University of Pennsylvania in 2005 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in English and communications.
• In 2017, Ashley and Philip Rucker won the Gerald R. Ford Journalism Prize for Distinguished Reporting on the Presidency.
• Ashley is married to Michael C. Bender, with whom she has a daughter and a step-daughter.
• She is estimated to have a net worth of over $1 million as of April 2022.

Ashley Parker Wiki Bio

Ashley Rebecca Parker was born in Bethesda, Maryland USA, on 18 September 1992 – her zodiac sign is Virgo, and she holds American nationality. She’s a journalist who’s probably known best for the work which she has done for the American news-based pay TV cable channel MSNBC, while she’s also known for working for the daily newspaper “The Washington Post” as their White House reporter.

Early life and education

Ashley was raised in Bethesda by her father Bruce Parker who was the president of the Washington D.C. trade organization Environmental Industries Association, and her mother Betty who was a housewife; because Ashley hasn’t spoken of having any siblings, most of her fans believe her to be an only child.

She grew up being interested in many activities, including dancing, singing and playing soccer, and was around 15 years old when she became interested in journalism, after having been encouraged by her teacher to write articles for the school newspaper.

Ashley matriculated in 2001, and then enrolled at University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, while she spent several months of her first year in Spain, attending La Universidad de Seville; she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in English and communications in 2005.

Ashley’s career

Ashley began working as an intern at the American daily newspapers “The New York Sun” and “Gaithersburg Gazette”, the latter owned by “The Washington Post”.

She was then invited to join the student newspaper “The Daily Pennsylvanian”, while she also wrote a couple of articles for the “34th Street Magazine”.

Ashley gained some recognition when hired to work for Maureen Dowd as her researcher; Maureen’s an American author and columnist, who’s perhaps known best for the work which she has done for the “The New York Times” magazine.

Ashley today often appears in the PBS public affairs TV show “Washington Week”, and occasionally contributes to “The New York Times”. She has covered numerous topics, including Republican Party candidates and elected officials, while she’s perhaps mostly focused on covering affairs related to the White House and New York City.

Ashley had also written an article for “The New York Times” about the wedding of the American writer and global health advocate Chelsea Victoria Clinton.

Her pictures has been featured in the monthly magazine “Vanity Fair”, and her articles published in various publications, including “Washingtonian”, “The Huffington Post” and “Chicago Magazine”.

Awards and accolades

In 2017, Ashley and the American reporter and author Philip Rucker shared a Gerald R. Ford Journalism Prize for Distinguished Reporting on the Presidency.

In 2018, Ashley and “The Washington Post” team won a Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting, after having covered Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election.

Former US President Donald Trump’s tweet

Because Ashley wasn’t Donald Trump’s supporter, and often criticized his work, he mentioned her in a tweet on 7 September 2019, referring to her as ‘a nasty lightweight reporter’, and asked for her to be banned from the White House.

Presence on social media networks

Ashley’s highly active on Instagram, and has uploaded over 1,000 pictures onto the network, while she’s today followed by more than 20,000 people. Most of her pictures have been taken during her everyday life, and thus reveal a lot about her, including that she loves to travel, and that her career has taken her to various US states and many European and Asian countries.

Ashley has also shown her fans that she’s today focused on spending her spare time with her daughter, and the girl can be seen featured in many of Ashley’s pictures.

She launched her Twitter account in April 2009, and has since attracted close to 500,000 followers, while she’s tweeted more than 20,000 times. Ashley uses her account to keep her fans updated with all of the latest news.

She seems to be using her Facebook profile just to keep in touch with her closest friends and family members.

Ashley doesn’t have her own TikTok account, but many videos featuring her have been uploaded onto the network by other users, and these have been viewed over a million times.

Love life and husband

Ashley prefers keeping the details of her love life to herself, but has still allowed her fans a glimpse into it.

On 16 June 2018, she exchanged vows with Michael C. Bender, an American reporter and writer who’s today working for the American business-related daily newspaper “The Wall Street Journal” as their White House reporter. In 2019, Michael won a Gerald R. Ford Foundation Journalism Prize for Distinguished Reporting on the Presidency, and published his first book “Frankly, We Did Win This Election” in 2021.

In November 2018, Ashley gave birth to her and Michael’s daughter Mazarine, while she’s also step-mother to his daughter from a previous marriage.

As of April 2022, Ashley’s married to Michael C. Bender, and they have a daughter together.

Hobbies and other interests

Ashley’s favorite season is summer, mostly because she enjoys sun tanning at the beach and playing beach sports; she also likes winter as she’s an avid skier.

She’s physically active and has a couple of training sessions at the gym every week, while she occasionally practices yoga.

Ashley’s a philanthropist who has volunteered with various charity organizations and at a couple of animal shelters.

She enjoys vacationing at natural locations, especially around US national parks.

Ashley’s a Hollywood fan – her favorite actor and actress are Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep, while a couple of her favorite movies include “Taxi Driver”, the trilogy “The Godfather” and “The Bridges of Madison County”.

She enjoys reading books in her spare time, and her favorite authors are Paulo Coelho and Agatha Christie, while her favorite books include “Veronika Decides to Die”, “The Alchemist” and “Murder on the Orient Express”.

Age, height and net worth

Ashley’s age is 29. She has long brown hair and brown eyes, her height is 5ft 5ins (1.65m) and she weighs around 120lbs (60kgs).

As of April 2022, Ashley’s net worth stands at more than an estimated $1 million.