Ari Melber
| Ari Melber | |
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| Born |
March 31, 1980 Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Residence | Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Education |
University of Michigan, B.A., (2002) Cornell Law School, J.D. (2009) |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Employer | NBCUniversal, Comcast |
| Notable credit(s) | The Cycle (co-host) |
| Television |
MSNBC Live (chief legal correspondent) NBC News All In with Chris Hayes The Rachel Maddow Show The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell |
| Spouse(s) | Drew Grant (2014-2017) |
| Parent(s) | Barbara D. Melber Daniel M. Melber |
Ari Melber (born 1980) is an American journalist for NBC News.
He is currently MSNBC's Chief Legal Correspondent, covering legal issues, the DOJ, FBI and Supreme Court of the United States for MSNBC and NBC News. Melber serves as the host of The Point, a Sunday evening program on MSNBC focused on legal and political topics. He is also a substitute host for other MSNBC shows such as The Rachel Maddow Show, All In with Chris Hayes and The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell He was a co-host of the MSNBC program, The Cycle. Melber serves as a correspondent for The Nation, and his writing has focused on law, politics, organizing, civil rights, and technology issues, and has also appeared in The Atlantic, Reuters and Politico. Melber wrote a report about Organizing for America and contributed to several books.
Raised in Seattle, Melber graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.A. in political science. After school he moved to Washington D.C. where he worked for Senator Maria Cantwell and then for Senator John Kerry's presidential campaign. He then went to Cornell Law School, during which he was an editor of the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy and interned at Manhattan Public Defender's department. After graduation, he worked for First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams at Cahill Gordon & Reindel from 2009 to 2013. He also began writing political columns for various news outlets like The Nation, The Atlantic, Reuters, and Politico. MSNBC took note and asked him to serve as a guest host, which eventually blossomed into being named their Chief Legal Correspondent in April 2015.
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