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Hawkings is a free-lance journalist, communications consultant, and experienced congressional expert specializing in making government more accessible to wider audiences. He has appeared as a guest commentator or analyst on many national news outlets including Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, and NPR. He is also the founding editor-in-chief of The Fulcrum, a digital news site covering American democratic reforms and was editor at Congressional Quarterly and Roll Call.
“I’ve been asked time and again to enumerate the causes for the metastasizing polarization and partisanship – and has reduced what’s a pretty complex diagnosis to five elements,” said Hawkings. “They can be readily remembered using this alliterative mnemonic: “Money, maps, media, mingling and masochism.”
Earlier in his career, Hawkings covered federal courts and city hall, was a metro section columnist and then an assistant city editor for the San Antonio Light. In 1986 he became press secretary for Texas Republican Lamar Smith during his initial campaign for the House of Representatives and remained for Smith's first term. He returned to journalism for good in 1989 and was a Washington correspondent for Thomson Newspapers for six years.
In this video, David Hawkings describes how his career developed and why he left Washington D.C.
After 35 years living in Washington D.C., Hawkings now resides in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia with his wife, Betsy. He is also a member of the Rotary Club of Chestnut Hill.
The Rotary Club of Chestnut Hill, founded in 1995, services the neighborhoods of Mt. Airy, Germantown and Chestnut Hill in Philadelphia as well as surrounding communities. The club is part of Rotary International, a humanitarian organization with more than 1.4 million members around the world. Rotary members volunteer frequently for service projects and fundraising efforts focused on: Peace and Conflict Resolution, Disease Prevention and Treatment, Water and Sanitation, Maternal and Child Health, Basic Education and Literacy, Economic and Community Development, and the Environment.
