Ezra Klein New York Times, Bio, Wiki, Age, Wife, Podcast, Salary, & Net Worth

Ezra Klein Bio | Wiki

Ezra Klein is an American journalist currently working as an opinion columnist for the New York Times. He joined the paper in 2021. Prior to that, Ezra was the co-founder of VOX where he formerly served as the website editor in chief, and also an editor at large.

In addition, he is also the host of the podcast called “The Ezra Klein Show” and the author of a book titled “Why We’re Polarized.” Besides that, Ezra has also held editorial positions at The Washington Post as well as The American Prospect.

Ezra Klein Age

He was born on May 9, 1984, in Irvine, California, in the United States. Ezra is 39 years old and celebrates his birthday on May 9 every year.

Ezra Klein Height

He is a man of tall stature. Ezra stands at a height of 6 ft 2 in (Approx 1.88 m).

Ezra Klein Family

Ezra was born in Irvine, California, and raised in a Jewish family. His father Abel Klein who is originally from Brazil works at the University of California, Irvine as a mathematics professor while his mother is an artist. However, he has not disclosed any information concerning his siblings and also his mother’s name.

Ezra Klein Wife | Annie Lowrey

He is happily married to his lovely wife Annie Lowrey who works at The Atlantic as an economic policy reporter. Ezra and his wife exchanged their wedding vows in the year 2011. The pair welcomed their first child in February 2019 and currently resides in Oakland, California.

Ezra Klein Annie Lowrey Wedding

Ezra and his wife Annie Lowrey got hitched in the year 2011. They both tweeted with simultaneous tweets announcing their marriage. However, there is not much available information in regard to the big day.

Ezra Klein Annie Lowrey Baby | Baby

His wife Annie Lowrey gave birth to their first child, a baby boy in February 2019. Ezra’s son was in the NICU for almost three weeks. During that period, they were taught how to parent a newborn which gave them the confidence they needed as they took him home after being discharged. Ezra’s baby is currently 4 years old in 2023.

Ezra Klein Education

He graduated from University High School in 2002 with a 2.2 GPA and later joined the University of California, in Santa Cruz where he studied for two years. Ezra then transferred to the University of California, in Los Angeles graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science in 2005. While still at UCSC, he applied to write for City on a Hill Press but was turned down.

Ezra Klein Ben Shapiro

He joined The Ben Shapiro Show Sunday Special EP.85 which airs for 1 hr 21 minutes to discuss matters regarding equality, racism, free speech, politics, the polarization in America, as well as the Democratic Party moving further left.

Ezra Klein Podcast | Podcasts | Show | Show Podcast

He has a podcast called The Ezra Klein Show. Every Tuesday and Friday, Ezra invites people into a conversation on something that matters. The podcast talks about ideas that matter from New York Times Opinions. It also talks about ways to address climate change if the political fails to act, as well as whether the logic of markets has infiltrated too many aspects of life. Ezra says that in this podcast he gets the opportunity to ask questions to people who are smarter than him to explain what they think about it as well as what they want to build in it.

Ezra Klein Book | Why We’re Polarized | New Book

Besides being a journalist, Ezra is also an author of Why We’re Polarized which is a Wall Street Journal and New York Times bestseller that was published in January 2020 by Simon & Schuster. It is available on Amazon, kindle at $14,99, and Hardcover at $14.39. In this book, Ezra shows that America is not broken and also demonstrates how the system is polarizing people as well as how people are polarizing it with catastrophic results.

Ezra Klein Deep Work

Not long ago, Ezra was asked to name a book that changed his life. He chose Cal Newport’s book titled “Deep Work” whereby, which he said that it led him to stop scheduling meetings n the morning and instead use that time for more sustained creative work. He also went ahead and said that his book describes how the digital environment we discourage is training people out of concentration and into distractions in ways that are not good for us.

Ezra Klein Website

He worked in Vermont on Howard Dean’s primary campaign in the year 2003, and later in 2004, interned in Washington, D.C, for the Washington Monthly. Ezra and Markos Moulitsas were two of the earliest bloggers to report from a political convention of the California State Democratic Party in the year 2003. In 2006, he was among the several writers pseudonymously flamed by the new Republican writer called Lee Siegel. He later moved his blog full-time to The American Prospect on December 10, 2007. He started writing at the newspaper on May 18, 2009.

Ezra Klein New York Times

Ezra became a columnist in May 2011, when Bloomberg View launched in addition to his duties at The Washington Post and also MSNBC. He later announced in January 2014, that he was leaving The Washington Post with the intention to begin a new media venture with numerous other veteran journalists. The new media was identified as the political site called Vox.

Previously, he worked at Vox as an editor-in-chief, then editor-at-large. In addition, he wrote for and also edited Wonkblog at The Washington Post. Ezra often provides political commentary on The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell, on MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show, as well as Hardball with Chris Matthews. Besides that, he is also a former contributor to the Countdown with Keith Olbermann. The Week magazine reported that Ezra was one of those being considered to host MSNBC’s yet-unnamed 8 p.m., a weekday prime-time that would be a replacement for The Ed Show on March 14, 2013.

In addition, he Launched a Vox podcast of detailed discussions on a public policy called The Weeds in October 2015 together with Sarah Kliff and Matt Yglesias. Besides that, he is the host of the podcast called The Ezra Klein Show and also serves as an executive producer of Vox’s Netflix series Explained. He also began a podcast known as Impeachment, Explained in October 2019 together with other reporters from Vox Media. Ezra joined the New York time in 2021 where he serves as an opinion columnist.

Some of Ezra’s colleagues at the New York Times include:

Thomas Edsall – Online Columnist

Ellen Barry – Chief International Correspondent

Michelle Goldberg – op-ed columnist

Michael S Schmidt – Correspondent

Ezra Klein Salary

He receives quite an impressive amount from working for the New York Times as an opinion columnist. Ezra’s average salary is $150,897 per year.

Ezra Klein Net Worth

Having worked in the media industry for quite some time, Ezra has managed to garner a decent fortune. His net worth is $3 million.

How Tall Is Ezra Klein

He is a man of tall stature who stands at a height of 6 ft 2 in.

How Old Is Ezra Klein

Ezra is 39 years old. He was born on May 9, 1984, in Irvine, California, USA.

Is Ezra Klein Married

He exchanged wedding vows with his wife Annie Lowrey in 2011 and later welcomed their baby boy in February 2019.

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