Michael Hastings
- January 4, 2024
- Journalist
Quick Facts
Full Name | Michael Hastings |
Occupation | Journalist |
Date Of Birth | Jan 28, 1980(1980-01-28) |
Age | 44 |
Date Of Death | 2013-06-18 |
Birthplace | Widnes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Birth City | England |
Horoscope | Capricorn |
Michael Hastings Biography
Name | Michael Hastings |
Birthday | Jan 28 |
Birth Year | 1980 |
Place Of Birth | Widnes |
Home Town | England |
Birth Country | United Kingdom |
Birth Sign | Capricorn |
Parents | Brent Hastings, Molly Mahon Hastings |
Spouse | Elise Jordan |
Michael Hastings is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on January 28, 1980 in Widnes, England, United Kingdom. American journalist, who was known for his coverage on the war in Iraq. He worked for Newsweek, Rolling Stone and Buzzfeed.
He had a negative opinion about the U.S. President He was critical of the foreign policy of U.S. President Barack Obama.’s foreign policy.
When he was 16, his family relocated to Vermont. He attended Rice Memorial High School, a Roman Catholic secondary school in South Burlington, Vermont. In high school Hastings was elected as class president, where he ran on an “anti-administration platform”. He played lacrosse and soccer, and performed in the school’s plays before graduating in 1998. After graduating, Hastings wrote for Scholastic, an educational magazine for young adults. He attended Connecticut College before earning his Bachelor of Arts in journalism from New York University in 2002.
Hastings began his journalism career as an unpaid intern for Newsweek magazine in 2002, and he was also a regular contributor to Gentlemen’s Quarterly and a contributing editor at Rolling Stone magazine.
Andrea Parhamovich was his fiancee and was killed in Iraq in 2007. He wrote the book I Lost My Love In Baghdad: A Modern War Story to tell her story. In 2011, he married Elise Jordan.
Michael Hastings Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | Journalist |
House | Living in own house. |
Michael Hastings is one of the richest Journalist from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Michael Hastings 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
In 2002, he graduated from New York University with a Bachelor’s in Journalism.
He was the recipient of the George Polk Award for his Rolling Stone profile on General Stanley McChrystal and was posthumously awarded the He won the George Polk Award for his profile of General Stanley McChrystal in Rolling Stone and was awarded the Norman Mailer Prize for Distinguished Journalism posthumously. prize for Distinguished Journalism.
Michael Mahon Hastings (January 28, 1980 – June 18, 2013) was an American journalist, author, contributing editor to Rolling Stone and reporter for BuzzFeed. He was raised in New York, Canada, and Vermont, and he attended New York University. Hastings rose to prominence with his coverage of the Iraq War for Newsweek in the 2000s. After his fiancée Andrea Parhamovich was killed in an ambush, Hastings wrote his first book, I Lost My Love in Baghdad: A Modern War Story (2008), a memoir about his relationship with Parhamovich and the insurgency that took her life.
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He received the George Polk Award for “The Runaway General” (2010), a Rolling Stone profile of General Stanley McChrystal, commander of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force in the Afghanistan war. The article documented the widespread contempt for civilian government officials exhibited by the general and his staff and ultimately resulted in McChrystal’s resignation. Hastings followed up with The Operators (2012), a detailed account of his monthlong stay with McChrystal in Europe and Afghanistan.
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Michael Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Michael Hastings celebrates birthday on January 28 of every year.
In an interview with Matt Lauer of NBC’s Today show on June 23, 2011, Hastings said “I did not think Gen. McChrystal would be fired. In fact, I thought his position was basically untouchable, I thought it would give them a headache for maybe 72 hours”.