Alexandra Petri

Alexandra Petri
Petri hosts a discussion at the National Archives and Records Administration in 2019
Born
Alexandra Attkisson Petri

(1988-03-15) March 15, 1988
Wisconsin, U.S.
OccupationHumorist and writer
Alma materHarvard University (BA)
Spouse
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(m. 2018)​
Children2
ParentsTom Petri
Anne D. Neal

Alexandra Attkisson Petri (/ˈpiːtraɪ/, born March 15, 1988) is an American humorist, newspaper columnist, and 2024 recipient of the Thurber Prize for American Humor. In 2010, she became the youngest person to have a column in The Washington Post. Before joining The Atlantic in May 2025, Petri ran the ComPost blog on the paper's website, on which she formerly worked with Dana Milbank. In 2017, a piece of satire she wrote about president Donald Trump was miscategorized as news and included in one of the White House's daily press briefings. She was recognized in the Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2018.

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