Nomiki Konst
Nomiki Daphne Konst is an American journalist, progressive activist, and political commentator who is known for her work on "The Young Turks" and "Our Revolution". In 2019, Konst was a candidate for New York City Public Advocate. Early life and education. Konst was born in Tucson, Arizona, and as a child she moved with her family to Buffalo, New York. Konst attended Nichols School, a private prep school in the area, and the University of Arizona. Her father is Greek from the islands of Kalymnos and Cephalonia, while her mother is Greek from Northern Epirus. Politics. In 2012 , Konst was a leading candidate for Arizona's 8th congressional district, but she chose to drop out. In 2016, she served on the Democratic National Convention's platform committee. After the 2016 Democratic National Convention, she served on a committee which reviewed the party's nominating process. Konst also worked for "Our Revolution", a progressive political action organization and offshoot of the Bernie Sanders 2016 presidential campaign. In 2018, Konst announced her candidacy in the 2019 New York City Public Advocate special election. "Politico" described her campaign as ambitious; including her proposals to decentralize the role to a representative in  every borough, integrate the New York City Department of Investigation into the Advocate's office, and remove the office from the mayoral line of succession. Activism. Konst founded a non-profit organization related to Capitol Hill entertainment, called Alliance Hollywood. She became an anti-fracking activist after moving to New York City in 2011. With journalist Wayne Barrett, Konst founded the non-profit Accountability Project for investigative journalism. By 2015, after many television appearances on behalf of the Accountability Project, she regularly appeared on cable news channels as a Democratic political strategist. Journalism. Konst hosted "The Filter", a show on  SiriusXM radio. In 2015, she started to upload videos of interviews on her YouTube channel. She also worked for the liberal and progressive show "The Young Turks" as an investigative reporter until 2018. Konst is currently the host of her own political commentary program "The Nomiki Show", and a frequent contributor to "The Majority Report with Sam Seder".