Editing Joe Lockhart (section)

==Early life and career==
Born in [[The Bronx]], Lockhart is the son of Ann Teahan and Raymond Lockhart, a longtime NBC producer associated with ''[[The Huntley–Brinkley Report]]'' and special-events coverage.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/05/us/speaking-for-the-president-with-knowing-humor.html|title=Speaking for the President, With Knowing Humor|first=Melinda|last=Henneberger|work=The New York Times |date=October 5, 1998|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref><ref name="hard lesson">{{cite web |last1=Stout |first1=David |date=July 24, 1998 |title=New spokesman heeds hard lesson from 1988 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/24/us/new-spokesman-heeds-hard-lesson-from-1988.html |access-date=December 2, 2016 |website=New York Times |quote=Joseph Patrick Lockhart was born July 13, 1959, in the Bronx and grew up in Suffern, N.Y.}}</ref> He grew up in [[Suffern, New York]]. In 1978, he moved to Washington D.C. to attend Georgetown University, where he received a BA in History. In 1980, he worked on [[Jimmy Carter]]'s presidential reelection campaign.<ref>{{cite web|title=Joe Lockhart, vice chairman of public affairs at Edelman and former Clinton WH press secretary|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/13/birthday-of-the-day-joe-lockhart-718459|website=politico.com|date=July 13, 2018 |access-date=2022-10-19}}</ref><ref name="Kurtz">{{cite news |author1=Kurtz, Howard |date=9 September 1998 |title=Joe Lockhart's Insider Job |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/lockhart090998.htm |newspaper=The Washington Post |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

He was [[press secretary]] for the [[1984 United States presidential election|1984 presidential campaign]] of [[Walter Mondale]], then worked for [[Paul Simon (politician)|Paul Simon]] in the Senate. Stints with [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and [[CNN]] followed, then the presidential campaign of [[Michael Dukakis]] in 1988. He moved to Robinson, Lake, Lerer & Montgomery with [[Mike McCurry (press secretary)|Mike McCurry]], then back to ABC when they hired his (former) wife and colleague from the Mondale campaign, Laura Logan.<ref name="Kurtz" /><ref>{{cite web |date=June 15, 2011 |title=The new face of Facebook: Lockhart |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2011/06/the-new-face-of-facebook-lockhart-057082 |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=politico.com}}</ref>

Another stint with NBC covering the [[Romanian Revolution]] in 1989 preceded his first on-air job with [[Sky News]], reporting on the [[Gulf War]] and then business. Private practice with Robinson, Lake followed, where he handled publicity for the [[Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan|Al Nahayan]] family during parts of the [[Bank of Credit and Commerce International|BCCI]] scandal.<ref name="Kurtz" />