Tim Alberta

Tim Alberta (born January 26, 1986)^[1][2] is an American journalist and author. He has written articles for The Hotline, the Wall Street Journal, National Journal, National Review, Politico, and The Atlantic.^[3]

Tim Alberta
Born	(1986-01-26) January 26, 1986 (age 39)
Occupation	Journalist author
Alma mater	Michigan State University
Subject	American politics
Children	3

Early life and education

Tim Alberta was born to parents Richard and Donna Alberta.^[2] With his family, he moved when he was five years old from New York state to Brighton, Michigan, where his father had been named as pastor of Cornerstone Evangelical Presbyterian Church.^[2] Alberta graduated from Brighton High School in 2004 and from Michigan State University in 2008 with a degree in journalism and political science.^[4]

Career

After college, Alberta interned for the Wall Street Journal; by 2017, he was an established journalist in Washington.^[4] He worked for the National Review before joining Politico and later The Atlantic.^[3][5]

In 2019, Alberta published his first book, American Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump.^[5][6] Shortly afterward, his father died, and upon returning to Michigan to attend the funeral, he was reprimanded by several members of his father's church who objected to his coverage of Trump; one congregant said Alberta was "part of an evil plot [...] out to undermine God's ordained leader of the United States".^[2][7] Disturbed by this experience, Alberta began studying the relationship between American Evangelical Christianity and the radical right, which became the subject of his next book, The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism, published in 2023.^[7]

Personal life

As of 2024^[update], Alberta lives in Michigan. He and his wife have three children.^[3]

Bibliography

External videos
Presentation by Alberta on American Carnage, July 18, 2019, C-SPAN
Washington Journal interview with Alberta on American Carnage, July 21, 2019, C-SPAN
After Words interview with Alberta on The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory, December 15, 2023, C-SPAN

• American Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump. HarperCollins. 2019. ISBN 9780062896360.
• The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism. HarperCollins. 2023. ISBN 9780063226906.