Peter Hamby

Early life He is the son of Bill Hamby, a television producer, and Tressa Hamby (née Connolly), a film editor and producer. Hamby was raised in Richmond, Virginia and attended Douglas S. Freeman High School. He won an Emmy Award as part of CNN's Election Night coverage in 2012.

In 2013, Hamby was named national political correspondent for CNN and CNN Digital. The Washington Post called it "the definitive work" on how political journalism has been re-shaped by technology.

Snapchat In April 2015, Hamby joined Snapchat as head of news to oversee the company's news coverage. Hamby is also the host of “Good Luck America,” Snapchat's first original show, focused on the 2016 presidential race, and later, politics in Donald Trump's America. Since the show's launch, Hamby has interviewed Kamala Harris, Barack Obama, Anthony Fauci, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Joe Biden, Paul Ryan, Bernie Sanders, Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, Lindsey Graham, Rick Perry, Cory Booker, John McCain, Condoleezza Rice, Scott Pruitt, Steve Bannon, Pete Buttigieg, Andrew Yang and other political leaders and media personalities.

The show averages 5 million viewers per episode, and 75% of the viewers are under the age of 25.

In 2017, The Hollywood Reporter named Hamby one of the 35 Most Powerful People in New York Media, calling him "a rare newsman reaching young consumers".

Good Luck America won an Edward R. Murrow Award in 2017 for Excellence in Innovation.

Embeds Along with the writer Scott Conroy, Hamby is the co-creator of Embeds, a scripted comedy series about young reporters covering a presidential campaign. The six-episode series ran on the go90 Network in 2016 and was executive produced by Conroy, Michael De Luca and Megyn Kelly.