laura ingraham

Laura Ingraham signs her new book, Power to the People at the Lawrence, NY, Costco Born June 19, 1964 (1964-06-19) (age 44)

Glastonbury, Connecticut, U.S. Residence Washington, D.C. Nationality American Education AB, JD Occupation broadcaster Religious beliefs Roman Catholic Website

http://www.lauraingraham.com/

Laura Anne Ingraham (born June 19, 1964) is an American radio host, author, and political commentator. Her nationally-syndicated talk show, The Laura Ingraham Show, airs throughout the United States on Talk Radio Network. The Laura Ingraham Show is ranked sixth among most-listened-to radio programs, with an average 5.5 million weekly listeners.[1] Contents [hide] 1 Career 1.1 Radio show host 1.2 Books 2 Personal 3 See also 4 References 5 External links //

Career

Ingraham grew up in a middle-class family in Glastonbury, Connecticut, and graduated from Glastonbury High School, in 1981.

Ingraham earned a bachelor's degree at Dartmouth College, in 1985, and a law degree at the University of Virginia School of Law, in 1991. As a Dartmouth undergraduate, she was a staff member of the independent conservative newspaper, The Dartmouth Review. In her senior year, she was the newspaper's editor-in-chief.[2]

In the late 1980s, Ingraham worked as a speechwriter in the Ronald Reagan administration for the Domestic Policy advisor. She also briefly served as editor of, The Prospect, the magazine issued by Concerned Alumni of Princeton. After receiving her Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law, in 1991, she served as a law clerk for Judge Ralph K. Winter, Jr., of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in New York and subsequently clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. She then worked as a private defense attorney at the New York-based law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.

Ingraham has had two stints as a cable television host. In the late 1990s, she became a CBS commentator and hosted the MSNBC program Watch It! Several years later, Ingraham began openly campaigning for another cable television show on her radio program. She finally got her wish in 2008, when Fox News Channel gave her a three-week trial run for new show entitled, Just In. During the show, there was an off-camera fight with producers (which was caught on tape and posted to the web by Harry Shearer) and the show ended its' short run without being renewed.

She appeared on a 1995 cover of The New York Times Magazine for an article about rising young conservatives.

Ingraham is the author of three books. Ingraham suiting up for a VIP flight as a guest of the U.S. Navy at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia.

Radio show host

Ingraham launched The Laura Ingraham Show in April 2001, which is heard on 306 stations and on XM Satellite Radio. The show was originally syndicated by Infinity's (now CBS') Westwood One, but is now syndicated by Talk Radio Network. Ingraham is also the official