Jake Sherman (35) is a senior writer for news media company Politico and a political commentator for NBC and MSNBC. Together with journalist Anna Palmer, Sherman co-wrote The Hill to Die On: The Battle for Congress and the Future of Trump’s America. Also with Palmer, he writes the influential newsletter “Politico Playbook.” Quote: “{Trump…
Journalist Oren Liebermann (37 or 38), the Jerusalem correspondent for CNN, grew up in Israel and New Jersey. He holds dual U.S. — Israeli citizenship and speaks both Hebrew (his first language) and English fluently. As a journalist, Liebermann has garnered two Emmys and three Associated Press awards. After being diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes…
William “Bill” Kristol (68) is a neoconservative editor, political analyst, writer, and television commentator. He was the founder and editor-at-large of the now-defunct political magazine The Weekly Standard. Currently, he is editor-at-large of The Bulwark, a conservative news and opinion website. Since 2014, Kristol has appeared in a web program of the Foundation for Constitutional…
After more than four decades as an on-air national news reporter and host, Andrea Mitchell (73) hardly needs an introduction here. Currently, she is Chief Foreign Affairs & Senior Washington Correspondent for NBC News; she also anchors MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports, which airs every weekday. Mitchell earned a Lifetime Achievement Emmy in 2019. Quotes:…
Harvey Levin, 69, is an American television producer, legal analyst, celebrity reporter, and former practicing lawyer. He is the founder of the highly popular celebrity news website and TV show TMZ, and the host of OBJECTified, which airs on the Fox News Channel. Levin, who is openly gay, has been named to Out magazine’s “Power…
Dr. Mikhail Varshavski (known online as Dr. Mike) — a Russian-born, American family medicine physician — has become an Internet star by addressing a wide range of medical questions. His good looks, bubbly personality, excellent sense of humor, and expansive knowledge of medicine and medical issues have fueled his popularity. In 2015, People magazine named…
Lesley Stahl, 78, is a prominent T.V. journalist whose career has spanned decades. Since 1991 she has been a regular on the CBS series 60 Minutes. In addition, she has served as moderator on Face the Nation (1983 — 1991) and host of 48 Hours Investigates (2002 — 2004). Stahl has written two books: Reporting…
Ina Garten, 72, a.k.a. “The Barefoot Contessa,” is one of America’s best-known television chefs. She hosts her eponymous Food Network program (Barefoot Contessa) and has written numerous best-selling cookbooks. These include Barefoot Contessa at Home: Everyday Recipes You’ll Make Over and Over Again; The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook; Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics; Barefoot Contessa Family…
Julian Zelizer, 50, is an on-air CNN commentator and author of articles on the network’s website. In addition, he is a professor of political history at Princeton University. Two of his books — Taxing America: Wilbur D. Mills, Congress, and the State, 1945–1975 and The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle…
For nearly three decades, Ira Flatow has anchored the popular weekly talk-show Science Friday, which deals with issues of science and technology. He also is Science Friday‘s executive producer. The program now airs on Public Radio International and Serius XM Radio. Previously, the 70-year-old journalist and author hosted two television series on PBS: Newton’s Apple…
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