[8] The younger Swan began his career at The Sydney Morning Herald and later moved to the United States and in 2014, where he held a yearlong fellowship with the American Political Science Association.

He had previously covered the White House, Congress, and political campaigns for Axios had worked at publications in the U.S. and Australia, including The Hill and The Sydney Morning Herald.

[11] During the interview, Swan pointedly questioned and fact-checked numerous false, misleading, or bizarre statements as the President spoke them.

[12] The New York Times media columnist Ben Smith wrote that Swan's was "perhaps the best interview of Mr. Trump’s term.

[14][15] As a member of the Sydney Morning Herald in the Canberra Press Gallery, Swan received the Wallace Brown Award in 2014 for most outstanding young journalist.