Sam Stein, 44, is a political editor at The Daily Beast and a pundit who appears regularly on MSNBC. Previously, he was a longtime reporter and editor at The Huffington Post. In 2011, while at HuffPost, Stein was included in that year’s Forbes 30 Under 30 Media List. Before that he was employed by Newsweek,…
Since January 2013, media executive Jeff Zucker, 54, has been president of CNN worldwide. In that capacity, he is in charge of CNN, CNN International, HLN, and CNN Digital. Previously, he was president of NBC Entertainment and president and CEO of NBC Universal, among other positions at the media company. He also was an executive…
Martin “Marty” Baron, 64, has been executive editor of The Washington Post for nearly seven years; previously, he was the editor at The Boston Globe for more than a decade. He journalism career also includes stints with The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times. Under his leadership, The Washington Post has garnered numerous…
Michelle Goldberg is a columnist for The New York Times, Slate and The Daily Beast. In addition, she’s a senior correspondent for The American Prospect. Her writing has also appeared in The Nation, The New Republic, Rolling Stone, Glamour, The Guardian, and The Washington Post. She authored the books Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian…
Despite his proclaimed dislike of the term “storyteller” (watch the video linked below), Ira Glass is undoubtedly America’s premier storyteller. For more than two decades, the 60-year-old Glass has been the host of This American Life, which airs nationwide on NPR. Glass has garnered such prestigious awards as the Edward R. Murrow Award for Outstanding…
Ezra Klein, 35, is a journalist, commentator, blogger, and podcast host. He was editor-in-chef at Vox.com; now he’s the editor-at-large. Previously, Klein worked as a columnist for The Washington Post and an associate editor at The American Prospect. Also, he’s a contributor to Bloomberg News and MSNBC. Klein’s eponymous podcast (“The Ezra Klein Show”) can…
Terry Gross, 68, has been the host of the long-running, highly popular NPR interview program “Fresh Air with Terry Gross” for the past 42 years. Given her keen mind, boundless curiosity, affable and nonthreatening personality, diminutive stature, conversational style, and smooth voice, it’s no wonder Gross elicits from her interviewees information they might not reveal…
Thomas (Tom) Friedman, 65, is a three-time Pulitzer Prize-winner and the author of a weekly New York Times column. While working for United Press International, he was assigned to Beirut, Lebanon, from 1979 to 1981, during which time he covered the Lebanese civil war. For nearly four years, he was the Jerusalem bureau chief for…
Maggie Haberman is a prominent White House correspondent for The New York Times. In addition to her work at The Times, she’s a frequent commentator on CNN. Previously, the 45-year-old Haberman was employed by the New York Post, New York Daily News and Politico. During her tenure at The Times, she — both individually and…
For Americans of a certain age, Edward James Martin “Ted” Koppel needs no introduction: He was the host of Nightline, a late-night news program on ABC, from 1980 to 2005. The show originated in 1979 with a series of reports on the Iran hostage crisis (it was initially hosted by Frank Reynolds). In March 1980,…
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