Christopher Hayes (journalist)

Chris Hayes
Hayes on the 2012 Brooklyn Book Festival panel
Born	Christopher Loffrado Hayes (1979-02-28) February 28, 1979 (age 37) The Bronx, New York, U.S.
Residence	New York City, New York, U.S.
Education	BA in Philosophy, Brown University (2001)
Occupation	Political commentator, journalist
Employer	NBCUniversal
Notable credit(s)	Up with Chris Hayes (MSNBC) Editor-At-Large of The Nation
Television	All In with Chris Hayes (2013 – present)
Spouse(s)	Kate Shaw
Children	2
Website	www.chrishayes.org

Christopher Loffrado "Chris" Hayes (/heɪz/; born February 28, 1979) is an American political commentator, journalist, and author. Hayes hosts All In with Chris Hayes, a weekday news and opinion television show on MSNBC. Hayes formerly hosted a weekend MSNBC show, Up with Chris Hayes. He remains an editor at large of The Nation magazine.

Hayes was born in The Bronx, New York City, one of three sons of Roger, an Irish Catholic, and Geri Hayes, an Italian American. His father moved to New York from Chicago while studying at a Jesuit seminary, but began community organizing in the Bronx. Roger Hayes spent several years leading community organizing at the Community Service Society of New York and now works as an assistant commissioner for the NYC Department of Health. Hayes's mother was a school teacher and now works for the NYC Department of Education.

Hayes attended New York City's Hunter College High School, and then attended Brown University for his undergraduate education, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and worked with student theater group Production Workshop. Hayes was raised Catholic.

Beginning in August 2001, for four years Hayes was a contributor to the independent weekly newspaper Chicago Reader, where he covered local and national politics. In late 2003, he began a four-year stint at In These Times, a labor-focused monthly magazine based in Chicago, where he was a senior editor.