Name Ari Melber Role Journalist | TV shows The Cycle | |
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Occupation political commentator, television personality Education University of Michigan, Cornell Law School, Juris Doctor Similar People Abby Huntsman, Krystal Ball, Toure, Alex Wagner, Steve Kornacki Profiles | ||
Reporter Ari Melber Breaks News On Trump’s Check For Cohen Crime | The Beat With Ari Melber | MSNBC
Ari Melber (born 1980) is an American journalist for NBC News.
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- Reporter Ari Melber Breaks News On Trumps Check For Cohen Crime The Beat With Ari Melber MSNBC
- Biography
- Personal life
- References
He is currently host of MSNBC's The Beat with Ari Melber, which premiered on July 24, 2017, as well as the network's Chief Legal Correspondent, covering legal issues, the DOJ, FBI and Supreme Court of the United States for MSNBC and NBC News. Melber previously served as the host of The Point, a Sunday evening program on MSNBC focused on legal and political topics, as cohost of MSNBC's ensemble news and political talk show The Cycle, and as 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.
Melber also serves as a correspondent for The Nation, where his writing has focused on law, politics, organizing, civil rights, and technology issues. His writings have also appeared in The Atlantic, Reuters and Politico. Melber wrote a report about Organizing for America and has contributed to several books.
Biography
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 New York County Defender Services, a Manhattan Public Defender's office. 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. On July 24, 2017, Melber began hosting The Beat with Ari Melber on MSNBC, in the 6 PM ET timeslot.
He also worked for the Center for Constitutional Rights based in Manhattan.
Personal life
Melber lives in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. He is divorced from Drew Grant, a pop culture reporter at the New York Observer.