Irin Carmon | |
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Born | 1983 or 1984 (age 40–41) |
Education | Harvard University (BA) |
Occupation(s) | political commentator, television personality, journalist |
Irin Carmon (English: /ɪˈrɪn kɑːrˈmoʊn/)[1] (born 1983/1984)[2] is an Israeli-American[3] journalist and commentator. She is a senior correspondent at New York Magazine,[4] and a CNN contributor.[5] She is co-author of Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Previously, she was a national reporter at MSNBC, covering women, politics, and culture for the website and on air. She was a visiting fellow in the Program for the Study of Reproductive Justice at Yale Law School.[6]
In 2011, she was named one of Forbes' "30 under 30"[7] in media and featured in New York Magazine as a face of young feminism.[8] She received the November 2011 Sidney award from The Sidney Hillman Foundation recognizing her reporting on the Mississippi Personhood Initiative for Salon.[9] Mediaite named her among four in its award for Best TV pundit of 2014.[10]
Carmon, 35, is a Harvard grad and senior correspondent for New York magazine who covers gender, social justice, politics and the law.