Peter Wallsten

Peter Wallsten is an American journalist and author who is currently a senior politics editor at The Washington Post. He was previously a White House correspondent.[1]

## Early life and education[edit]

Wallsten was brought up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1994.

## Career[edit]

Wallsten started his career writing for the Miami Herald, St. Petersburg Times, Charlotte Observer and the Congressional Quarterly.

He became a White House correspondent for the Los Angeles Times in 2004, and authored, with Tom Hamburger, One Party Country: The Republican Plan for Dominance in the 21st Century.

Wallsten joined The Wall Street Journal in 2009 as a national political reporter before moving to the Post to become a White House correspondent in 2010. He was appointed a senior politics editor in 2013.[2]

## Personal life[edit]

Wallsten is partially blind as a result of Stargardt disease, which is a genetically inherited form of macular degeneration. In June 2006, this caused an exchange of words with President George W. Bush at a White House press conference. Unaware of the journalist's medical condition, the president questioned Wallsten's need to wear sunglasses when the sun wasn't visible. Bush later apologized for the incident.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Peter Wallsten - The Washington Post". Washington Post.
2. ^ "Peter Wallsten named Deputy National Politics Editor". WashPost PR. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
3. ^ Cornwell, Rupert (June 16, 2006). "Bush shows his sensitive side, telling blind journalist: 'I'm interested in the shade look'". The Independent Online. Archived from the original on 2022-05-26. Retrieved 2010-09-19.

## External links[edit]

* Some of Peter Wallsten's reporting
* Appearances on C-SPAN

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