Ezra Klein

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name = Ezra Klein
birth_date = birth date and age|1984|5|9.
birth_place = Irvine, California
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occupation = Journalist and Political pundit.
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Ezra Klein (born May 9 1984) is an associate editor for "The American Prospect" political magazine and a "prominent" [cite news
url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/01082008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/dems_new_love__obama_fever_372322.htm
title=Dems' New Love: Obama Fever
author=Goldberg, Jonah
date=January 8, 2008
publisher=The New York Post
accessdate=2008-01-12] American liberal political at the same publication. [ [http://www.prospect.org/cs/author?id=1325 "The American Prospect"] political magazine.]

Early life

Klein was born in Irvine, California, where he attended University High School. He enrolled at UC Santa Cruz in fall of 2002 and transferred to UCLA in the fall of 2004 and graduated one year early (after completing a summer term in 2005) with a B.A. in Political Science.

Career

Klein started his first blog in February 2003. [ [http://ezrak.blogspot.com/ Ezra K] blog.] He soon joined with Matt Singer, and the name was changed to "Klein/Singer: Political Consulting on the Cheap." In June of 2003, he moved to the blog Not Geniuses along with Matt Singer, Ryan J. Davis, and Joe Rospars. [ [http://www.notgeniuses.com/ Not Geniuses] blog.]

Following "Not Geniuses," Klein partnered with Jesse Taylor at Pandagon. This partnership helped Klein gain even more visibility, leading to his eventual founding of his current blog "Ezra Klein." [ [http://ezraklein.typepad.com/ Ezra Klein] blog.]

Besides his online contributions, Klein worked on Howard Dean's primary campaign in Vermont in 2003, and interned for the "Washington Monthly" in Washington, D.C. in 2004. In 2003, he and Markos Moulitsas were two of the earliest bloggers to report from a political convention, that of the California State Democratic Party. [cite news
url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2004/05/10/blogs_colliding_with_traditional_media?mode=PF
title=Blogs colliding with traditional media: Convention credentials expected for Web logs
author=Weiss, Joanna
date=May 10 2004
publisher=The Boston Globe
accessdate=2008-01-12] In 2006, Klein was one of several writers pseudonymously flamed by The New Republic writer Lee Siegel (posting as a sock puppet called "sprezzatura"). [cite news
url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/11/technology/11carr.html
title=A Comeback Overshadowed by a Blog
author=Carr, David
date=2006-09-11
publisher=The New York Times
accessdate=2008-01-12] In 2007, declining to debate Klein on the S-CHIP program expansion, Michelle Malkin labeled him "Respectable Liberal Blogger Ezra Klein". According to Malkin, "in some elite conservative circles [...] his work is linked frequently and intellectual repartee among the Beltway boys’ club is warm and chummy", yet she preferred "an overflowing vat of liquid radioactive waste" to sharing a stage with him. [cite news
url=http://michellemalkin.com/2007/10/11/my-reply-to-respectable-liberal-blogger-ezra-klein-and-his-fellow-travelers/
title=My reply to Respectable Liberal Blogger Ezra Klein and his fellow travelers
author=Malkin, Michelle
date=October 11 2007
publisher=michellemalkin.com
accessdate=2008-01-12] According to Paul Krugman, he is "very, very good, and very, very young", because when Klein interviewed him at a restaurant, "he got carded". (Klein was 23.) [cite news
url=http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/28/interview-with-ezra-klein-2/
title=Interview with Ezra Klein
author=Krugman, Paul
date=October 28, 2007
publisher=The New York Times
accessdate=2008-01-12] Slate has said that he is a "liberal darling". [cite news
url=http://www.slate.com/id/2181545/
title=Take It for Granite
author=Smith, Sonia
work=Today's Blogs: The Latest Chatter in Cyberspace
date=January 7 2008
publisher=
accessdate=2008-01-12]

His work has appeared in the "Gadflyer," "Washington Monthly," "LA Weekly," "The American Prospect," "Los Angeles Times," "The New Republic," and "Slate Magazine." Klein has appeared on C-SPAN's "Washington Journal," "Hardball with Chris Matthews" and numerous NPR programs.

He appears regularly on Bloggingheads.TV

His writing interests include health policy, the labor movement, and electoral politics.

ecret E-Mail Group Controversy

On July 25th, 2008, Klein was accused by Slate journalist Mickey Kaus of running a 'secret email group of liberals' similar to the earlier "Townhouse" group founded by liberal activist Matt Stoller.

elected writings

* Klein, Ezra. [http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=why_2009_is_the_year_for_universal_health_care Why 2009 Is the Year for Universal Health Care] "The American Prospect," January/February 2008, page 47. Last accessed: April 27 2008.

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External links

* [http://www.prospect.org/cs/author?id=1325 "The American Prospect"] Ezra Klein page and writings
* [http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/ezraklein Ezra Klein] 's blog at "The American Prospect" magazine
* [http://ezraklein.typepad.com/writings/ Ezra Klein] 's articles and essays published in various media