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,…
Ari Melber is a familiar figure to viewers of the MSNBC news and analysis show “The Beat with Ari Melber,” which first aired in July 2017. Since then, the program has become the network’s highest-rated show ever in its timeslot. Melber earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Michigan and a…
David Remnick became the editor-in-chief of The New Yorker nearly two decades ago; previously, he was a staff writer at the magazine and before that the Moscow correspondent for The Washington Post. Since becoming editor-in-chief, Remnick has continued writing articles for The New Yorker. He also has written several books, including Lenin’s Tomb: The Last…
Gloria Borger is a familiar figure to viewers of CNN: Since joining the network in 2007, she has appeared regularly — often as a political commentator on panel discussions — on various CNN news programs. Currently she is chief political analyst at the network; previously she co-anchored Capital Report on CNBC and appeared on the…
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