# Hugo Lowell > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hugo_Lowell > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hugo_Lowell.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Lowell > Source revision: 1355077334 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) British-American journalist Hugo Lowell Born (1999-03-30) March 30, 1999 (age 27) New York City, U.S. Occupation Journalist Years active 2021–present Employer Conde Nast Title White House Correspondent Awards National Press Club Sandy Hume Memorial Award for Excellence in Political Journalism (2022) **Hugo Lowell** (born March 30, 1999) is an American journalist who is a correspondent at WIRED magazine covering [President Donald Trump](/source/Donald_Trump).[1] He previously worked as a White House correspondent for *[The Guardian](/source/Guardian_US)* in Washington, D.C., where he broke several high-profile stories[2][3] He has broken major stories on the federal and congressional investigations into Trump, including about Trump's retention of classified documents and the House January 6 select committee. In 2022, he won the [National Press Club's](/source/National_Press_Club_(United_States)) political journalism award for a series of stories about Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election at the January 6 joint session of Congress.[4] ## Early life and education Lowell was born in [New York City](/source/New_York_City). He was educated at the [Dalton School](/source/Dalton_School), a private co-educational day school on the [Upper East Side](/source/Upper_East_Side) of [Manhattan](/source/Manhattan), and St. Paul's School, London.[5] He earned a BSc in Economics and Philosophy from the [University of Bristol](/source/University_of_Bristol) and spent time at a private equity firm in London before becoming a Washington-based reporter. ## Career From May 2021, Lowell worked as a congressional reporter for the Guardian, covering House Democrats and then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Later that year, he led the newspaper's coverage of the [House January 6 committee](/source/United_States_House_Select_Committee_on_the_January_6_Attack). In November 2021, Lowell broke the story that Trump had called political operatives based at a “war room” in the [Willard hotel](/source/Willard_InterContinental_Washington) and asked them about ways to obstruct the certification President [Joe Biden's](/source/Presidency_of_Joe_Biden) election win the night before the [January 6 attack on the US Capitol](/source/2021_United_States_Capitol_attack). The Trump war room scoop led to the [House January 6 committee](/source/United_States_House_Select_Committee_on_the_January_6_Attack) to open a new line of inquiry, issue a subpoena to a senior Trump adviser and won the 2022 [National Press Club's](/source/National_Press_Club_(United_States)) [Sandy Hume Memorial Award](/source/Sandy_Hume_Memorial_Award) for Excellence in Political Journalism.[6][7] In June 2023, during the criminal investigation into [Trump's retention of classified documents](/source/Smith_special_counsel_investigation) at his Mar-a-Lago property, Lowell reported on the contents of confidential notes dictated by Trump's lawyer Evan Corcoran that were subpoenaed and later used by the [Special Counsel Jack Smith](/source/Jack_Smith_(lawyer)) to indict Trump for obstruction of justice.[8][9][10][11] In July 2023, the day before Trump was indicted in the documents case, Lowell also broke the news that Trump had known for weeks that he was a “target” in the criminal investigation, an indication from prosecutors that he was likely to be charged.[12][13] Lowell was named a White House correspondent for the Guardian following Trump's victory in the 2024 presidential elections, assigned to cover the Trump administration's national security and legal policy. In April 2026, Lowell joined Condé Nast and WIRED magazine as a senior political correspondent based in Washington D.C. He currently authors a weekly Trump White House newsletter for WIRED.[14][15] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Nast, Condé. ["Hugo Lowell"](https://www.wired.com/author/hugo-lowell/). *WIRED*. Retrieved May 11, 2026. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Hugo Lowell | The Guardian"](https://www.theguardian.com/profile/hugo-lowell). *The Guardian*. Retrieved April 26, 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** McDonald, Matt (May 15, 2026). ["SLAPP-happy: why Trumpworld keeps suing the press"](https://spectator.com/article/slapp-happy-why-trumpworld-keeps-suing-the-press/?edition=us). *The Spectator*. Retrieved May 19, 2026. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["The Guardian US' Congressional Reporter, Hugo Lowell, Wins at the National Press Club Journalism Awards"](https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/2022/aug/31/the-guardian-us-congressional-reporter-hugo-lowell-wins-at-the-national-press-club-journalism-awards). *The Guardian*. August 31, 2022. Retrieved September 11, 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Hugo Lowell"](https://www.politicon.com/speaker/hugo-lowell/). *Politicon*. Retrieved September 16, 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Release, Press. ["ProPublica, PBS/Frontline and National Public Radio win National Press Club awards"](https://www.press.org/newsroom/propublica-pbsfrontline-and-national-public-radio-win-national-press-club-awards). *National Press Club*. Retrieved August 11, 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Hugo Lowell | C-SPAN.org"](https://www.c-span.org/person/?134801/HugoLowell). *www.c-span.org*. Retrieved September 11, 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Trump was warned he could not keep classified documents: report"](https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/trump-was-warned-he-could-not-keep-classified-documents-report-175624261516). *MSNBC.com*. Retrieved July 5, 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Feuer, Alan; Protess, Ben; Haberman, Maggie (June 3, 2023). ["Trump Lawyer's Notes Could Be a Key in the Classified Documents Inquiry"](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/03/us/politics/trump-lawyers-classified-documents-corcoran.html). *The New York Times*. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0362-4331](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331). Retrieved July 5, 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Opinion | Trump's lawyer could be a godsend for Jack Smith's obstruction case"](https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-lawyer-evan-corcoran-jack-smith-notes-rcna85606). *MSNBC.com*. May 23, 2023. Retrieved July 5, 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** Murray, Paula Reid, Kaitlan Collins, Katelyn Polantz, Kristen Holmes, Sara (May 22, 2023). ["Trump's attorney took notes that say the former president wanted to fight subpoena for classified docs"](https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/22/politics/trump-subpoena-classified-documents-mar-a-lago/index.html). *CNN*. Retrieved July 5, 2023.{{[cite news](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_news)}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_multiple_names:_authors_list)) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** [*Trump targeted for DOJ indictment for first time, Report*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1FZHn2W4Ro), June 7, 2023, retrieved July 5, 2023 1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["Trump Gets Target Letter in Special Counsel Documents Probe"](https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trump-reportedly-gets-target-letter-testimony-includes-meadows). *news.bloomberglaw.com*. Retrieved July 5, 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** Cartwright, Lachlan. ["🔎 Axel's Telegraph U.S. Play; Ellison's D.C. Party; Wired's Guardian Poach"](https://www.breakermedia.com/p/axel-s-telegraph-u-s-play-ellison-s-d-c-party-wired-s-guardian-poach). *Breaker*. Retrieved May 11, 2026. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** Harris, William (April 16, 2026). ["WIRED Hires Hugo Lowell as Senior Correspondent to Expand Trump and Washington Politics Coverage"](https://www.citybiz.co/article/833110/wired-hires-hugo-lowell-as-senior-correspondent-to-expand-trump-and-washington-politics-coverage/). *citybiz*. Retrieved May 11, 2026. ## External links - [Hugo Lowell on Twitter](https://twitter.com/hugolowell) - [Hugo Lowell on IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12146140/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0) - [Hugo Lowell on C-SPAN](https://www.c-span.org/person/?134801/HugoLowell) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Hugo Lowell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Lowell) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Lowell?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.