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Alexandra Petri
American humorist
Alexandra Attkisson Petri (, born March 15, 1988) is an American humorist and newspaper columnist. In 2010, she became the youngest person to have a column in The Washington Post.
Petri runs the ComPost blog on the paper's website, on which she formerly worked with Dana Milbank.[2] 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.[3] She was recognized in the Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2018.[4]
Biography
Early life and education
Petri grew up in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., the only child of WisconsincongressmanTom Petri[5] and nonprofit executive Anne D.
Neal,[6] and attended the National Cathedral School.[5] In high school she wrote plays for a competition at Arena Stage; three of hers were chosen for performance. She would also perform standup comedy.[2] She g