Lynn Sweet

Lynn Sweet is a columnist for  PoliticsDaily.com and writes the Daily FLOTUS blog on First Lady Michelle Obama. She is also Washington Bureau Chief of the Chicago Sun-Times and has reported extensively on President Obama, following his U.S. Senate campaign, his Senate years and presidential bid. She now covers his administration.
 
Sweet is a frequent guest on MSNBC, CNN and FOX News and other broadcast outlets.  In July 2008, Sweet traveled with Obama’s presidential campaign to Jordan, Israel, Germany, France and England. In 2006 Sweet reported on Obama’s Africa trip, including Obama's visit to his father's native Kenya. In 2002 Sweet reported from the Middle East as violence between Israelis and Palestinians was deepening. In 1995 she broke the story on perks offered by the Clinton White House to major donors. In 1990, she was among the first journalists in the nation to analyze political ads for accuracy.
 
Sweet was named a fellow at Harvard University's Institute of Politics at the Kennedy School of Government in Spring, 2004. A Chicago native, she graduated from the University of California at Berkeley and earned a master's from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.