Margaret Warner
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Warner in 2011
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Margaret Garrard Warner February 12, 1950 Chevy Chase, Maryland |
| Residence | Washington, D.C. |
| Alma mater | Yale University (B.A., English, 1971) |
| Occupation | journalist and reporter |
| Known for | PBS Newshour |
| Spouse(s) | John R. Reilly (1986–2008, his death) |
| Relatives | Six stepchildren, many grandchildren, Abby Parker Warner (sister), |
Margaret Garrard Warner is a senior correspondent for The PBS NewsHour. Before joining the NewsHour in 1993, she was a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, The San Diego Union-Tribune, the Concord Monitor, and Newsweek.
In addition, Warner has appeared on PBS' Washington Week In Review and CNN's The Capital Gang and is a co-host of the radio program America Abroad, which focuses on international issues.
Margaret Warner is the daughter of Brainard Henry Warner III and Mildred Warner of Chevy Chase, Maryland. She is a graduate of the Holton-Arms School of Bethesda, Maryland, and was one of the first women to graduate from Yale University with a BA, cum laude, in English in 1971. Her father was a partner in the Washington law firm of Ogilby, Huhn & Barr. Her mother, Mildred Warner, was a trustee of the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington.
Warner is a great-granddaughter of the founder of the Washington Loan and Trust Company, which was consolidated into the Riggs National Bank.
She was married to former Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, John R. Reilly, until his death in October 2008.
Since 2006, Warner has compiled on-the-ground reports for The NewsHour. Much of her reporting is low-budget and covers civil liberties and politics in South Asia, China and Russia.
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