About

Jump to

Relationships
Family
Associates
Similar

Jonathan H. Alter (born October 6, 1957) is a liberal / progressive American journalist, best-selling author, documentary filmmaker and television producer who was a columnist and senior editor for Newsweek magazine from 1983 until 2011, and has written three New York Times best-selling books about American presidents. He is a contributing correspondent to NBC News, where since 1996 he has appeared on NBC, MSNBC, and CNBC. Alter was one of the first magazine or newspaper reporters to appear on MSNBC. When the shows were on the air, he could often be heard on Imus in the Morning and The Al Franken Show on Air America Radio. In 2013 and 2014, Alter served as an executive producer on the Amazon Studio's production Alpha House, which starred John Goodman, Mark Consuelos, Clark Johnson, and Matt Malloy. In 2019, he co-produced and co-directed "Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists," a documentary about the columnists Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill, which is available on HBO.

Key details

edit section

Born	Jonathan H. Alter 6 October 1957 (age 67) Chicago, Illinois
Zodiac	Libra
Tags	Add tag

Partner

edit

Family members

Spouse 1

Emily Lazar 1986- American mastering engineer · m. 1986 info edit

expand_more

view couple »

Parents

Add parent

Siblings

Add sibling

Other family members

Add family member

Connections

Friends & associates

Add friend/associate

Jonathan Alter dating history

add

List
Detail
More

Emily Lazar

American mastering engineer

1

Married · 1986

1986 -

view »

edit

edit

Children

No records found.

Scholars

expand_more