Ari Melber

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Ari Melber (born 1980) is an American journalist.[1]

He is currently MSNBC's Chief Legal Correspondent,[2] covering legal issues, the DOJ, FBI and Supreme Court of the United States for MSNBC [3] and NBC News .[4] 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.[5] 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.

Biography[edit] Raised in Seattle, Melber graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.A. in political science.[5] After school he moved to Washington D.C. where he worked for Senator Maria Cantwell and then for Senator John Kerry's presidential campaign.[5] He then went to Cornell Law School, during which he was an editor of the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy[6] and interned at Manhattan Public Defender's department. After graduation he worked for First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams at Cahill Gordon & Reindel[5] from 2009 to 2013.[6] He also began writing political columns for various news outlets like The Nation, The Atlantic, Reuters, and Politico.[5] MSNBC took note asked him to serve as a guest host[5] which eventually blossomed into being name their Chief Legal Correspondent in April 2015.[6]

He also worked for the Center for Constitutional Rights based in Manhattan.[citation needed]

Personal life[edit] Melber lives in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn with his wife, Drew Grant, a pop culture reporter at the New York Observer.[7][8]