Alter, Jonathan

Jonathan Alter is an analyst and contributing correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC. He is a former senior editor and columnist for "Newsweek", where he worked for twenty-eight years, writing more than fifty cover stories. He has also written for "The New York Times", "The Washington Post", "The Atlantic", "Vanity Fair", "The New Republic", and other publications. He is the author of "The Promise: President Obama, Year One" and "The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope", both "New York Times" bestsellers, and Between the Lines", a collection of his Newsweek "columns.