Peter Baker (Journalist) Bio, Age, Height, Parents, Wife, Son, Salary, Net Worth, Book, and Twitter

Peter Baker Biography

Peter Baker (born July 2, 1967) is an American journalist and author who is the chief White House correspondent for The New York Times and a political analyst for MSNBC, and was previously a reporter for The Washington Post for 20 years.

He has covered five presidencies, from Bill Clinton through Joe Biden. Know more about Peter Baker (Journalist) Bio, Age, Height, Parents, Wife, Son, Salary, Net Worth, Book, Twitter, and more

Peter Baker Age

Baker is 55 years old as of 2022, he was born on July 2, 1967, in Falls Church, Virginia, the United States as Peter Eleftherios Baker. He celebrates his birthday on July 2, every year.

Peter Baker Height

Baker stands at a moderate height of 5 feet 7 inches (1.70 m) tall.

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Peter Baker Parents

Baker is the son of E. P. Baker (father), and Linda Sinrod (mother). He was born and raised by his parents in Falls Church, Virginia, United States. Baker’s mother was a computer programmer and his father was an attorney. Baker’s siblings are publicly not known. We will update this section once this information is available.

FatherE. P. Baker
MotherLinda Sinrod
Brothers and SisterNot Available
Wife / PartnerSusan Glasser (m. 2000)

Peter Baker Education

Peter was graduated in 1988 from Oberlin College, where he served as a reporter and editor for the student newspaper, The Oberlin Review.

Peter Baker Wife

Baker is married to his beloved wife Susan Glasser since 2000, in a civil ceremony. The couple has one son named Theodore Baker. Baker’s wife has been a reporter and assistant managing editor at The Washington Post, the editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy magazine, the founding editor of Politico Magazine, and the editor of Politico.

Susan is now a staff writer for The New Yorker and author of its Letter from Trump’s Washington and a global affairs analyst for CNN. The couple lives in Washington, D.C. with their son, Theodore.

Peter Baker Son

Baker is the father of only one son named Theodore Baker. Baker and his wife Susan live in Washington, D.C. with their son, Theodore.

Peter Baker Salary

Baker earns an annual average salary of $100,000 – $250,000, which he accumulates from his successful career as a journalist and author.

Peter Baker Net Worth

Baker has an estimated net worth of $1 million – $5 million dollars. Which he accumulated from his professional career as a journalist and author who is the chief White House correspondent for The New York Times and a political analyst for MSNBC.

Peter Baker MSNBC

Peter Baker is the chief White House correspondent for The New York Times and a political analyst for MSNBC, as well as was previously a reporter for The Washington Post for 20 years. He worked for The Washington Times for 2 years. Peter then joined The Washington Post in 1988 as a reporter covering Virginia news. Peter spent 20 years there, covering the White House during the presidencies of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.

During his first tour at the White House, Peter co-authored the paper’s first story about the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal and worked as the paper’s lead writer during the subsequent impeachment battle.

Peter subsequently published his first book, The Breach: Inside the Impeachment as well as Trial of William Jefferson Clinton through Scribner, a New York Times bestseller based on his coverage of the impeachment proceedings in Congress. During his next White House assignment, Peter covered the travails of Bush’s second term, from the Iraq War and Hurricane Katrina to Supreme Court nomination fights as well as the economy.

In October 2018, Peter published a book with Random House entitled Impeachment: An American History, along with Jon Meacham, Timothy Naftali, along side Jeffrey A. Engel. An updated as well as greatly expanded version of the Obama book will be published as a regular book in May 2019.

Peter and Glasser also wrote a biography of former Secretary of State James A. Baker III published by Doubleday in the year 2020. In addition to his work for MSNBC, Peter is a regular panelist on PBS’s Washington Week. In September 2022, a third book authored with his lovely wife, Susan Glasser, entitled The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021 was published.

Peter Baker Book

  • The Breach: Inside the Impeachment and Trial of William Jefferson Clinton. Simon & Schuster. 2000.
  • Kremlin Rising: Vladimir Putin’s Russia and the End of Revolution. Simon & Schuster. 2005.
  • Days of Fire: Bush and Cheney in the White House. Knopf Doubleday. 2013.
  • Obama: The Call of History. Harry N. Abrams. 2017.
  • Impeachment: An American History. Random House. 2018.
  • Baker, Peter; Glasser, Susan (2020). The Man Who Ran Washington. Doubleday.

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