Reid Wilson

Reid Wilson is editor-in-chief of National Journals The Hotline, Washingtons premier daily tip sheet on politics, campaigns, and elections. A rising star in politics, Wilson stands in good company. Previous editors-in-chief of The Hotline include Chuck Todd, NBC News political director and chief White House correspondent, and Amy Walter, the political director of ABC News. Wilson regularly contributes analysis of the national political environment to National Journal Daily, National Journal Magazine, 2012 Decoded, and his weekly column, On the Trail. He also frequently appears on MSNBC, CNN, and C-SPAN and is a political contributor to Sirius-XM Radio. Quick, confident, and full of energy, Wilsons enthusiasm for political analysis is contagious and easily caught by his audience. He is an expert in his field and has a near-perfect callback of political figures and statistics, making his presentations very visual and analytical. The Hotline. In addition to the political happenings themselves, Wilson and The Hotline focus on the coverage of the coverage of elections and politics, each day printing off every newspaper in the country and reading through more than 500 papers. From this incredible amount of information, they put together a summary of the days notable news. This depth is why The Hotline is a must-read source for those concerned about politics. Before National Journal. Before becoming editor-in-chief, Wilson was editor of Hotline On Call, Hotlines political blog. He has also served as a staff writer at The Hill newspaper, where he covered Congress, politics, campaigns and elections. He has covered the Supreme Court, the Federal Election Commission, and top political races as they develop across the country. Reid spent the 2008 election cycle authoring a popular political blog at RealClearPolitics.com, where he covered the presidential caucuses in Iowa, the primaries in New Hampshire, and several debates around the nation. Also during the 2008 cycle, Wilson hosted a nationally-broadcast political talk show on XM Satellite Radio, on which he hosted the top newsmakers, reporters, and analysts in the nation. In 2006, Wilson covered polls and polling for The Hotline. He has also written for The New Republic, Arizona Capitol Times, The Seattle Times, and Seattle Post-Intelligencer. He has appeared as a guest analyst on dozens of radio shows across the nation. A native of Seattle, Wilson graduated from The George Washington University.