Jonathan Allen

Jonathan Allen (born October 15, 1975) is an American political journalist and pundit. He has been a senior political analyst and political reporter for NBC News Digital since 2017. Allen has also reported for Congressional Quarterly, The Hill, Politico, Bloomberg News, and Vox. Allen's partnership with fellow political correspondent Amie Parnes resulted in two best-selling books on Hillary Clinton. In 2008, he won the Everett Dirksen Award and Sandy Hume Award. Allen has appeared as a commentator on political talk shows such as Hardball with Chris Matthews and Meet the Press. He has served as a political operative for the Democratic Party and as head of community and content for Sidewire from January 2016 to the service's closure in June 2017. Allen has been an adjunct professor at Northwestern University since 2012. Early life and education Jonathan Allen was born in Bethesda, Maryland, on October 15, 1975, to Marin and Ira R. Allen, a reporter for United Press International. He is the first of two children, preceding his sister Amanda. Allen was educated at Walter Johnson High School, his mother's alma mater, in his hometown of Bethesda.