Ezra Klein

**Ezra Klein** (born May 9, 1984) is an American journalist, blogger, and political commentator who works as editor-at-large of _Vox_. He was a blogger and columnist for _The Washington Post_ and an associate editor of _The American Prospect_. He has contributed to Bloomberg News and MSNBC.

At _The Washington Post_, he managed a branded blog called "Wonkblog." The blog was mostly about health care and budget policy. He wrote a primer on policy called "Wonkbook", which was delivered by e-mail and on his blog each morning.

In January 2014, Klein left _The Washington Post_. He works for Vox Media as editor-at-large for their news website, _Vox_. He co-founded the website along with Melissa Bell and Matthew Yglesias.

## Early life and education

Klein was born and raised in Irvine, California. Klein is a middle child, in a Jewish family. His father, Abel Klein, is a mathematics professor at University of California, Irvine. Abel Klein is from Brazil. His mother is an artist. Klein went to school at University High School. He went to the University of California, Santa Cruz, but  transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles. He graduated from UCLA in 2005 with a B.A. in political science.

## Career

In 2003, Klein and Markos Moulitsas were two of the earliest bloggers to report from a political convention, that of the California State Democratic Party.

Klein worked on Howard Dean's primary campaign in Vermont in 2003, and interned for the _Washington Monthly_ in Washington, D.C. in 2004.

On December 10, 2007, Klein moved his blog full-time to the _American Prospect_.

Steve Pearlstein, _The Washington Post__<nowiki/>'s_ veteran business columnist, read and liked Klein's blogging. Pearlstein sent some of Klein's writing to managing editor Raju Narisetti. Narisetti hired Klein to be the Post’s first blogger on politics and economics. On May 18, 2009, he began writing at the newspaper.

In May 2011 when Bloomberg View started, Klein became a columnist there at he same time as at _The Washington Post_ and MSNBC.

Klein wrote for and edited Wonkblog at _The Washington Post_. He often talks about politics on MSNBC's _The Rachel Maddow Show,_ _Hardball with Chris Matthews,_ and _The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell._ He contributed to _Countdown with Keith Olbermann_.

In October 2015, Klein started a podcast called _The Weeds_ with Sarah Kliff and Matt Yglesias. This Vox podcast is detailed discussions about public policy. Klein also hosts the podcast called "_The Ezra Klein Show_". Klein is an executive producer of _Vox's_ Netflix series _Explained_.

## Awards

- 2010,  _The Week_ magazine and The Sidney Hillman Foundation called him Blogger of the Year.
- 2011, _GQ_ magazine called him one of the 50 most powerful people in Washington, D.C.. _Time_ magazine called his blog one of the 25 best financial blogs in 2011.
- 2013, Klein won the Online News Association Award for Best Online Commentary. He also won the American Political Science Association's Carey McWilliams Award, for "a major journalistic contribution to our understanding of politics."

## Personal life

Klein is married to Annie Lowrey. She reports on economic policy at _The Atlantic_ magazine.

## Other websites

- Ezra Klein's blog at Washingtonpost.com
- _The American Prospect_ Ezra Klein page and writings
- Ezra Klein's old blog at _The American Prospect_ magazine
- Ezra Klein's articles and essays published in various media
- Video conversations and debates involving Ezra Klein on Bloggingheads.tv

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Ezra Klein
- **image**: Ezra Klein in 2020 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Klein in 2020
- **birth place**: Irvine, California, U.S.
- **alma mater**: University of California, Los Angeles
- **occupation**: Journalist, author, Pundit (expert), political commentator
- **employer**: _The Washington Post_, MSNBC, Bloomberg L.P., Bloomberg, Vox Media
- **title**: Editor at Large, Vox (website), Vox
- **party**: Democratic Party (United States), Democratic
- **spouse**: Annie Lowrey (m. 2011)
- **website**: [https://www.vox.com/authors/ezra-klein www.vox.com]