Carl M. Cannon

Carl M. Cannon (born 1953) is an American journalist who, as of 2022, is the executive editor and Washington, D.C. bureau chief of RealClearPolitics.

Cannon, born to Lou Cannon, was born in California and graduated from the University of Colorado. He worked as a reporter in Petersburg, Virginia, Columbus, Georgia, and at The San Diego Tribune, and later the San Jose Mercury News, the Baltimore Sun, and the National Journal before being hired by RealClearPolitics in 2011. At the Mercury News, he was part of the reporting team that was awarded the 1990 Pulitzer Prize in the category of general news reporting for coverage of the Loma Prieta earthquake. In 2003, he was elected president of the White House Correspondents Association. He has also served as a Fellow-in-Residence at the Harvard University Institute of Politics. Cannon is a recipient of the Aldo Beckman Award for Journalistic Excellence.