Rebecca Berg (journalist)

Rebecca Berg
Born Rebecca Berg
(1990-01-17) January 17, 1990
Nationality American
Education B.A. University of Missouri
Occupation Journalist
Parent(s) Kris and Steven Ira Berg

Rebecca Berg (born January 17, 1990) is an American journalist.

Biography

Berg is a native of San Diego, the daughter of Kris (née Kouba) and Steven Ira Berg.[1] Her father was Jewish and worked as a city planner and later at a real estate brokerage founded by his wife.[1][2] She has one sister, Emily.[1][3] Berg indicated that two events influenced her career choice – the events of September 11 and the presidential election of 2008. In 2011, she received a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Missouri.

In 2012, Berg began her career as political reporting fellow for The New York Times.[4] The same year, she started to write for BuzzFeed.[5] From 2013–2015, Berg wrote for the Washington Examiner. Berg joined RealClearPolitics in 2015 as a national political reporter covering the United States presidential election, 2016. With the election, she was named a political analyst for CNN, but also had appearances on other networks, such as Fox News, MSNBC, CBS, and C-SPAN.[6] In November 2017, she became a politics reporter for CNN.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 San Diego Tribune: "Steven I. Berg 1952 - 2013 June 7, 2013
  2. Steven Ira Berg retrieved August 8, 2017
  3. Town and Style Magazine: "I Do! Zuckerman-Gomez Wedding" By: Stephanie Zeilenga February 19, 2014
  4. The New York Times: The Caucus: Rebecca Berg
  5. Betsy Rothstein (July 2, 2013). "BuzzFeed's Rebecca Berg to Washington Examiner (and Other Recent Hires)". Adweek. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  6. RealClearPolitics: Rebecca Berg
  7. "Rebecca Berg joins CNN as a full-time political reporter". CNN Commentary. 2017-11-14. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
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