George Will Joins NewsNation As Senior Contributor

NewsNation, Nexstar Media’s wholly-owned cable network reaching 75 million U.S. television households, announced today that political commentator George Will is joining the network as a senior contributor beginning Jan. 15.

Will is a columnist for The Washington Post, a Pulitzer Prize winner for commentary and was dubbed “perhaps the most powerful journalist in America” by the Wall Street Journal. In 2020, he received the National Society for Newspaper Columnists 2020 Ernie Pyle Lifetime Achievement Award. His latest book, American Happiness and Discontents, was released in September 2021. Other works include: The Conservative Sensibility and Restoration: Congress, Term Limits and The Recovery of Deliberative Democracy.

In a statement, Will said: “NewsNation meets a national need for news delivered without political agendas, clenched fists, and raised voices. It offers news leavened by a sense of the complexity and grandeur of American history: this nation was not made by flimsy people, and it is not flimsy.”

Michael Corn, NewsNation president of news, said: “We couldn’t be more thrilled to have George join our team. His keen insight and expertise will ensure NewsNation’s audience gets the very best analysis in this highly-charged political year.”

The network plans to have Will contribute on all platforms and to play a key role in the coverage of the upcoming midterm elections.