Ezra Klein is a prominent American liberal political commentator and journalist. He is a New York Times columnist and hosts The Ezra Klein Show podcast. He co-founded Vox and served as its editor-at-large. He has held editorial roles at The Washington Post and The American Prospect, and contributed to Bloomberg News and MSNBC. Klein is the author of 'Why We're Polarized,' published in 2020.
On May 9, 1984, Ezra Klein, an American liberal political commentator and journalist, was born.
In 2002, Ezra Klein graduated from University High School with a 2.2 GPA, noting that school was not a great fit for him academically or socially.
In 2003, Ezra Klein worked on Howard Dean's primary campaign in Vermont and he and Markos Moulitsas were two of the earliest bloggers to report from a political convention, that of the California State Democratic Party.
In 2004, Ezra Klein interned for the Washington Monthly in Washington, D.C.
In 2005, Ezra Klein graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a BA in political science after transferring from UC Santa Cruz.
In 2006, Ezra Klein was one of several writers pseudonymously flamed by The New Republic writer Lee Siegel (posting as a sock puppet called sprezzatura).
In the December 2009 article, Ezra Klein mentioned the 2006 Connecticut Democratic Primary. Although the article was written in 2009, it references events that occurred in 2006.
In February 2007, Ezra Klein created a Google Groups forum called "JournoList" for discussing politics and the news media, limited to left-leaning bloggers, reporters, and academics.
On July 27, 2007, the existence of JournoList was first publicly revealed in a blog post by Mickey Kaus.
On December 10, 2007, Ezra Klein moved his blog full-time to The American Prospect.
In 2007, Ezra Klein's blog gained a substantial following and was subsequently acquired by The American Prospect, where he then became an associate editor.
On March 17, 2009, an article published on Politico detailed the nature of JournoList and the extent of its membership, sparking debate and raising questions about its purpose.
On March 26, 2009, the first public excerpt of a discussion within JournoList was posted by Mickey Kaus on his blog.
On May 18, 2009, Ezra Klein began writing at The Washington Post as the newspaper's first pure blogger on politics and economics.
In December 2009, Ezra Klein wrote an article in The Washington Post criticizing U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman, leading to controversy and criticism from various sources.
On June 25, 2010, Ezra Klein announced in his Washington Post blog that he would be terminating the JournoList group, following Dave Weigel's resignation from the Post due to public exposure of his JournoList emails.
In 2010, Ezra Klein was named Blogger of the Year by The Week magazine and The Sidney Hillman Foundation.
In May 2011, Ezra Klein became a columnist at Bloomberg View in addition to his work at The Washington Post and MSNBC.
In 2011, Ezra Klein was named one of the 50 most powerful people in Washington, D.C., by GQ. His blog was also named one of the 25 best financial blogs by Time magazine.
On March 14, 2013, it was reported that Ezra Klein was among those being considered to host MSNBC's 8 p.m. weekday prime-time show. Ultimately, the slot was filled with All In with Chris Hayes.
In 2013, Ezra Klein won the Online News Association Award for Best Online Commentary and the American Political Science Association's Carey McWilliams Award.
In January 2014, Ezra Klein announced his departure from The Washington Post with the intent to start a new media venture, which was later identified as Vox.
In 2014, Ezra Klein, along with Matthew Yglesias and Melissa Bell, co-founded Vox, an explanatory news website owned by Vox Media. He served as editor-in-chief and later as editor-at-large.
In October 2015, Ezra Klein, along with Sarah Kliff and Matt Yglesias, launched "The Weeds", a Vox podcast focused on detailed discussions of public policy.
In 2018, Vox's Netflix series "Explained", for which Ezra Klein served as an executive producer, debuted.
In February 2019, Ezra Klein and Annie Lowrey welcomed their first child.
In October 2019, Ezra Klein, along with other reporters from Vox Media, started the podcast "Impeachment, Explained".
In January 2020, Ezra Klein's first book, "Why We're Polarized", was published by Simon & Schuster.
In November 2020, Ezra Klein left Vox to join The New York Times as a columnist and podcast host.
In 2020, Ezra Klein joined The New York Times.
In 2021, Ezra Klein became one of the opinion columnists at The New York Times.
In fall 2021, Ezra Klein and Annie Lowrey welcomed their second child.
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