Tamara Keith

Tamara Dawnell Keith (; born September 25, 1979 ) is an American journalist. She is the White House correspondent for NPR and co-hosts The NPR Politics Podcast with Scott Detrow. She regularly appears on the PBS NewsHour weekly segment "Politics Monday". Keith is on the board of the White House Correspondents' Association, of which she served as president from 2022 to 2023.

Early life Tamara Keith was born on September 25, 1979. She graduated from high school early, received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the University of California, Berkeley in three years, and enrolled at the Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism at age 19. Keith has a graduate degree in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley.

In 2007, Keith received first-place in the category "Outstanding Story, Radio" for "Overcrowded Prisons' Wastewater Poses Environmental Hazard (Mule Creek Prison)" on The California Report from the Society of Environmental Journalists in the sixth annual contest.

In 2009, Keith joined NPR as a business reporter. and is a convert to Judaism, the religion of her husband.