Jonathan Allen (journalist)
Jonathan Allen 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 during a 2014 Q&A with the Miller Center
Allen's work at Congressional Quarterly (now CQ Roll Call, headquarters pictured) earned him the Everett Dirksen Award and Sandy Hume Award in 2008.
Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes in 2014. Allen described Parnes as having "tremendous talent and drive".
Allen and Parnes closely followed Clinton during her 2016 campaign and were given unprecedented access to Clinton's inner circle.
Congressional Quarterly, Inc., or CQ, is part of a privately owned publishing company called CQ Roll Call that produces several publications reporting primarily on the United States Congress. CQ was acquired by the Economist Group and combined with Roll Call to form CQ Roll Call in 2009; CQ ceased to exist as a separate entity, and in July 2018, a deal was announced for the company to be acquired by FiscalNote.
Since April 2011, the merged CQ Roll Call has been located in the NoMa neighborhood of Washington, D.C.