List Of Jewish American Journalists

This is a list of notable Jewish American journalists. For other Jewish Americans, see Lists of Jewish Americans.

A through C

* Jill Abramson (1954–), journalist and former executive editor of ''The New York Times''
* Martin Agronsky (1915–1999), reporter and host of ''Agronsky & Company''
* Peter Alexander (1976–), journalist
* Jonathan Alter (1957–), columnist and senior editor for ''Newsweek''
* David A. Andelman (1944–), journalist
* Anne Applebaum (1964–), journalist
* Dana Bash (1971–), political correspondent at CNN
* Emily Bazelon (1971–)
* Peter Beinart (1971–), columnist, journalist, and political commentator
* John Berman (1972–), CNN
* Bonnie Bernstein (1970–), sports journalist
* Carl Bernstein (1944–), investigative reporter for ''The Washington Post'', uncovered Watergate with Bob Woodward
* Nadia Bilchik (1964–), CNN
* Wolf Blitzer (1948–), journalist and anchor for CNN
* Kate Bolduan (1983–), CNN
* Max Boot (1969–), columnist, journalist, and political commentator
* Gloria Borger (1952–), journalist at CNN
*David S. Broder (1929–2011), Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for ''The Washington Post''
* David Brooks (1961–), columnist, ''The New York Times''
* Michael Brooks (1983–2020), co-host of ''The Majority Report with Sam Seder'' and host of ''The Michael Brooks Show''
* Ron Brownstein (1958–), senior political analyst at CNN
* Samuel Burke (1985/1986–), former anchor on CNN International and CNN en Español
* Irin Carmon (1983/1984–), senior correspondent at ''New York Magazine''
* Jonathan Chait, writer for ''New York'' magazine, former senior editor at ''The New Republic'' and former assistant editor of ''The American Prospect''.
* Juju Chang (1965–), journalist at ABC News, anchor of ''Nightline''
*Mona Charen (1957–), journalist
* David Chalian
* Jean Chatzky (1964–), journalist and personal finance columnist, financial editor of NBC’s ''TODAY'' show
* Sarah Chayes (1962–), former reporter for National Public Radio
* Allan Chernoff, former senior correspondent at CNN
* Benyamin Cohen (1975–), founder of '' Jewsweek'' and ''American Jewish Life Magazine''
* Dan Cohen
* Elizabeth Cohen, journalist and senior medical correspondent for ''CNN''
* David Corn (1959–), Washington, D.C. bureau chief for ''Mother Jones''
* Howard Cosell (1918–1995), sports journalist, author, and lawyer best known for his tenure on ABC's ''Monday Night Football''
* Katie Couric (1957–), journalist who currently serves as Yahoo! Global News Anchor. She has worked with all Big Three television networks in the United States, and in her early career was an Assignment Editor for CNN

D through G

* Benjamin De Casseres (1873–1945), early 20th-century journalist, critic and individualist anarchist
* Daniel Dale (1985–), CNN
* Morton Dean (1935–), CBS News reporter
* Matt Drudge (1966–), founder of the ''Drudge Report''
* Harry Enten (1988–), senior political writer and analyst for '' FiveThirtyEight'', senior writer and analyst for ''CNN Politics''
* Danny Fenster (1984–), managing editor of ''Frontier Myanmar''
* Giselle Fernández (1961–), host of ''Access Hollywood''
* David Folkenflik (1969–), media correspondent for National Public Radio
* Max Frankel (1930–), executive editor of ''The New York Times''
* Thomas Friedman (1953–), columnist, ''The New York Times''
* Jamie Gangel, ''NBC News''
* Bob Garfield, NPR and ABC News journalist, columnist, and author
* Brooke Gladstone (1955–), Peabody Award-winning NPR journalist and author
* Hadas Gold (1988–), CNN
* Bernard Goldberg (1945–), CBS News reporter
* Jeffrey Goldberg (1965–), journalist, staff writer for ''The New Yorker'' and author of the book ''Prisoners''
* Jonah Goldberg (1969–), columnist, commentator and Senior Editor of '' National Review''Goldberg, Jonah (2004-12-23)
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* Michelle Goldberg (1975–)
* Julianna Goldman (1981–), CBS News correspondent based in Washington, D.C.
* Bianna Golodryga (1978–), journalist at CNN
* Amy Goodman (1957–), '' Democracy Now!''
* Peter Greenberg, CBS News Travel Editor
* Linda Greenhouse (1947–), Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for ''The New York Times''
* Glenn Greenwald (1967–) journalist, cofounder of ''The Intercept''
* David Gregory (1970–), CNN and MSNBC
* Edwin O. Guthman (1919–2008), Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for ''The Seattle Times''

H through M

* Clyde Haberman (1945–)
* David Halberstam (1934–2007), Vietnam War correspondent
* Mark Halperin (1965–), Newsmax TV, ABC News, MSNBC
* David Harsanyi (1970/1971–), '' National Review'' editor
* Seymour Hersh (1937–), investigative journalist, uncovered My Lai massacre
* Mickey Herskowitz (1933–), sportswriter and columnist for the ''Houston Post'' and the ''Houston Chronicle''
* Christopher Hitchens (1949–2011), literary critic and political activist
* Elie Honig (1977–), senior legal analyst for CNN
* Stella Inger (1982–), journalist, ''CBS'', ''ABC''
* Julia Ioffe (1982–), journalist for '' GQ''
* Rebecca Jarvis (1981–), chief business, economics, and technology correspondent for ABC News
* Eliana Johnson (1984–), Washington Editor for '' National Review''
* Joseph Kahn (1964–), executive editor of ''The New York Times''
* Tamara Keith (1979–), NPR
* James Kirchick (1983–), ''The New Republic'', Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, ''The New York Sun'', the ''New York Daily News'', and '' The Hill''
* John King (1963–), CNN
* Larry King (1933–2021), RT America and former CNN host
* Ezra Klein (1984–), journalist, blogger, political commentator; co-founder and editor-at-large of '' Vox''
* Joe Klein (1946–), columnist for ''Time'' magazine
* Beth Kobliner (1965–), personal finance commentator and journalist
* Charles Krauthammer (1950–2018), columnist and commentator for Fox News and ''The Washington Post''"Charles Krauthammer"
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* Howard Kurtz (1953), host of ''Media Buzz'' on Fox News, former media writer for ''The Washington Post'', and former Washington bureau chief for ''The Daily Beast''
* Mark Leibovich (1965–), staff writer for ''The Atlantic''
* Cynthia Leive (1967–), ''Glamour''
* Joe Lelyveld (1937–), executive editor of ''The New York Times''
* Mark Levin (1957–), lawyer, author, and radio personality
* Eric Lichtblau (1965–), ''The New York Times'', ''Los Angeles Times'', ''Time'' magazine, ''The New Yorker'', and CNN
* Franz Lidz (1951–), ''Sports Illustrated'', '' Smithsonian''
* Dave Marash (1942–), former Washington-based anchor for Al Jazeera English
* Ruth Marcus (1958–), journalist
* Ari Melber (1980–), chief legal correspondent for MSNBC and host of '' The Beat with Ari Melber''
* Suzy Menkes (1943–), fashion journalist
* Dana Milbank (1968–), ''The Washington Post''
* Ira Victor Morris (1903–1972)

N through R

* Edwin Newman (1919–2010), NBC News journalist, Broadway critic, author
* David Pakman (1984–), political pundit and academic; host of the syndicated political program ''The David Pakman Show''
* Pamela Paul''
* Daniel Pearl (1963–2002), murdered foreign correspondent, ''The Wall Street Journal''
* John Podhoretz (1961–), writer, editor of ''Commentary'' magazine, columnist for the ''New York Post'', author of several books on politics
* Abigail Pogrebin (1965–), journalist for Tablet magazine
* Letty Cottin Pogrebin (1939–), founding editor of ''Ms.'' magazine
* Lynn Povich (1943–), journalist and senior editor for ''Newsweek''
* Shirley Povich (1905–1998), sports columnist and reporter for ''The Washington Post''
* Joshua Prager (1971–), journalist and writer for '' Vanity Fair'', ''The New York Times'', and ''The Wall Street Journal''
* Nathan Rabin (1976–), music and pop culture journalist
* Catherine Rampell (1984–), opinion journalist and nationally syndicated opinion columnist
* David Remnick (1958–), former Moscow correspondent for ''The Washington Post'', editor of ''The New Yorker''
* Frank Rich (1949–), columnist, ''New York'' magazine
* Geraldo Rivera (1943–), investigative television journalist and host, now with Fox News
* Steven V. Roberts (1943–), Washington pundit and ''U.S. News & World Report'' contributor
* Lester Rodney (1911–2009), journalist who helped break down the color barrier in baseball
* Hilary Rosen (1958–), ''The Washington Post'', ''The Huffington Post''
* A.M. Rosenthal (1922–2006), executive editor of ''The New York Times''
* Richard Roth (1955–), CNN
* David Rothkopf (1955–), journalist
* Jennifer Rubin (1962–), columnist, ''The Washington Post'', ''Commentary'', PJ Media, '' Human Events'', ''The Weekly Standard''

S through T

* William Safire (1929–2009), columnist for ''The New York Times''
* Robert J. Samuelson (1945–), columnist, ''The Washington Post''
* Kasriel Hirsch Sarasohn (1835–1905), founder of ''Jewish Weekly'', ''Jewish Gazette'', and ''Jewish Daily News''
* Michael Savage (1942–), radio host, author, and conservative political commentator
* Jessica Savitch (1946–), ''NBC News''
* Michael S. Schmidt (1983–), correspondent for ''The New York Times''
* Daniel Schorr (1916–2010), journalist who covered the world for more than 60 years, last as a senior news analyst for NPR
* Sam Seder (1966–), Air America Radio, ''The Majority Report''
* George Seldes (1890–1995), World War I correspondent, post-war international reporter and media critic
* Ben Shapiro (1984–), conservative political commentator, public speaker, author, and lawyer
* Jake Sherman (1985–), co-founder of ''Punchbowl News'', journalist for NBC News, Politico, MSNBC
* David Shuster (1967–), television journalist; former anchor for MSNBC; worked for Fox News, CNN, Current TV, and Al Jazeera America
* Joel Siegel (1943–2007), film critic
* Nate Silver (1978–), writer who analyzes baseball and elections, founder and editor-in-chief of '' FiveThirtyEight'', Special Correspondent for ABC News
* Ken Silverstein (1958–), founder of ''CounterPunch'', writer for ''Harper's Magazine'', ''Mother Jones'', ''The Nation'', ''Salon.com'', ''Slate'', ''The American Prospect'' and ''Washington Monthly''
* Jesse Singal, writer for ''New York'' magazine, ''The New York Times'' and ''The Atlantic''
* Ben Smith (1976–), media columnist at ''The New York Times'' and editor-in-chief of ''BuzzFeed News''
* Jacob Soboroff (1983–), NBC News and MSNBC
* Andrew Ross Sorkin (1977–), financial columnist for ''The New York Times'' and a co-anchor of CNBC's ''Squawk Box''
* Lesley Stahl (1941–), CBS reporter and correspondent for 60 Minutes
* Susan Stamberg (1938–), co-host of NPR's ''All Things Considered
* Joel Stein (1971–), columnist, ''Los Angeles Times''
* Gloria Steinem (1934–) feminist editor and writer, founder of ''Ms.'' magazine
* Bret Stephens (1973–), journalist, editor, and columnist, since April 2017 at ''The New York Times'' and June 2017 as a senior contributor to NBC News.
* Katherine Stewart, ''The Village Voice''
* Eli Stokols (1978/1979–), White House reporter for the ''Los Angeles Times''
* I. F. Stone (1907–1989), left-wing Washington correspondent and investigative journalist, ''NY Post'', '' PM'', ''The Nation'' and ''I.F. Stone's Weekly''
* Jonathan Swan (1985–), political reporter for '' Axios''
* Jake Tapper (1969–), CNN anchor and correspondent
* Chuck Todd (1972–), NBC
* Katy Tur (1983–), journalist and anchor for MSNBC
* Zoey Tur (1960–), journalist
* Jake Turx (1986–), senior White House correspondent and chief political correspondent for the magazine Ami.
* Josh Tyrangiel (1972–), journalist, managing editor of ''TIME'' magazine, editor at ''Bloomberg Businessweek'', managing director of '' Vice News''

U through Z

* Chris Wallace (1947–), journalist, ''Fox News''
* Mike Wallace (1918–2012), journalist, ''60 Minutes'' correspondent
* Barbara Walters (1929–2022), media personality, a regular fixture on morning television shows (''Today'' and ''The View''), evening news magazines (''20/20''), and on ''The ABC Evening News'', as the first female evening news anchor
* Sharon Waxman (c. 1963–), journalist
* Miriam Weiner, Jewish genealogist who wrote syndicated "Roots and Branches" column that was published in 100+ Jewish newspapers and periodicals
* Bari Weiss (1984–), opinion writer and editor
* Marco Werman, radio journalist and host of PRI's ''The World''
* Emily Wilder (1998/1999–), journalist at Associated Press, fired for pro-Palestinian tweets
* Walter Winchell (1897–1972), investigative broadcast journalist and gossip columnist
* Michael Wolff (1953–), journalist/columnist, ''USA Today'', ''The Hollywood Reporter''
* Gideon Yago (1978–), MTV reporter
* Robert Zelnick (1940–2019), ''The Christian Science Monitor'', National Public Radio, ''Anchorage Daily News''
* Dave Zirin (1974–), sports editor for ''The Nation''
* David Zurawik (1949–), TV and media critic at ''The Baltimore Sun''

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