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Ezra Klein (born May 9, 1984) is an American blogger, and progressive columnist. He is most known for his former work as a blogger and columnist for ''The Washington Post'', as well his ongoing work as a contributor to Bloomberg News and MSNBC. He was formerly an associate editor of ''The American Prospect'' political magazine and a political blogger at the same publication. At ''The Washington Post'', he managed a branded blog called "Wonkblog," which featured his writing and the writing of other policy reporters. Issues discussed in the blog included Health Care and Budget Policy. He wrote a primer on policy called "Wonkbook", which was delivered by e-mail and on his blog each morning. In 2011, Klein's blog was the most-read blog at ''The Washington Post''. In 2011, he was named one of the 50 most powerful people in Washington, D.C., by ''GQ''. In 2010, he was named Blogger of the Year by ''The Week'' magazine and The Sidney Hillman Foundation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://theweek.com/article/index/215063/past-winners-of-the-week-opinion-awards )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.hillmanfoundation.org/hillman-prizes/Sidney_Hillman_Foundation_Announces_2010_Prizes )〕 His blog was also named one of the 25 best financial blogs by ''Time'' magazine in 2011. In 2013, Klein won the Online News Association Award for Best Online Commentary. He also won the American Political Science Association's Carey McWilliams Award,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2013 American Political Science Association Awards )〕 for "a major journalistic contribution to our understanding of politics." He appeared as one of (80 men featured ) in ''Esquires 80th Anniversary issue and in a feature in ''The New York Times'' ''Style'' magazine. In January 2014, he announced he would be leaving ''The Washington Post'' to start a new media venture with several other veteran journalists.〔 He has joined Vox Media as Editor in-Chief for their news website, ''Vox''. ==Career== Klein is editor in chief at ''Vox'', and formerly wrote for and edited Wonkblog at the ''Washington Post''. He frequently provides political commentary on MSNBC's ''The Rachel Maddow Show,'' ''Hardball with Chris Matthews,'' and ''The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell.'' He is a former contributor to ''Countdown with Keith Olbermann''. On March 14, 2013, ''The Week'' magazine reported that Klein was among those being considered to host MSNBC's yet-unnamed 8 p.m. weekday prime-time show that would replace ''The Ed Show''. Ultimately, the time slot was filled with ''All In with Chris Hayes''. In May 2011 when Bloomberg View launched, Klein became a columnist there in addition to his work at ''The Washington Post'' and MSNBC. Klein started his first blog in February 2003.〔()〕 He soon joined with Matt Singer, and the name was changed to "Klein/Singer: Political Consulting on the Cheap". In June 2003, he moved to the blog "Not Geniuses" along with Matt Singer, Ryan J. Davis, and Joe Rospars. 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 blog "Ezra Klein". 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. "The media is as effective and important an agent for change as the legislative bodies, and I think it's where I'm happiest and most effective," Klein said. 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.〔 〕 In 2006, Klein was one of several writers pseudonymously flamed by ''The New Republic'' writer Lee Siegel (posting as a sock puppet called ''sprezzatura''). On December 10, 2007, Klein moved his blog full-time to the ''American Prospect''. Klein's prolific blogging caught the attention of Steve Pearlstein, the ''Washington Posts veteran business columnist, to whom a friend referred Klein's work in the American Prospect. "I was blown away by how good he was—how much the kid wrote—on so many subjects," Pearlstein said. Pearlstein sent samples of Klein's work to managing editor Raju Narisetti. A few weeks after he heard from Pearlstein, Post foreign correspondent John Pomfret asked Klein to have lunch with him and financial editor Sandy Sugawara. Narisetti quickly hired Klein to be the Post’s first pure blogger on politics and economics. On May 18, 2009, he began writing at the newspaper. Klein announced he would be leaving the Washington Post in January 2014, with the intent to start a new media venture with several other veteran journalists. The new media venture was soon identified as Vox Media, which hired Klein and several associates to create a new politics site.〔 〕 Klein had previously "proposed the creation of an independent, explanatory journalism website—with more than three dozen staffers" and an annual budget of more than to remain at the Washington Post. During negotiations, Post publisher Katharine Weymouth and new owner Jeff Bezos did not make a counteroffer.〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ezra Klein」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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