Jacob Soboroff

Jacob Soboroff
Soboroff in 2013
Born
Jacob Hirsch Soboroff

1983 (age 40–41)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
EducationNew York University
OccupationJournalist
Employer(s)NBCUniversal
Comcast
Television
Spouse
Nicole Cari
​
(m. 2012)​
Children2
Parent(s)Patti Schertzer Soboroff
Steve Soboroff
Websitewww.jacobsoboroff.com

Jacob Hirsch Soboroff (born 1983) is an American journalist. He is known as a correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC. Prior to his debut on the network in September 2015, he was the host of YouTube Nation[1] and a co-host of TakePart Live on Pivot TV. He was also a founding host and producer of HuffPost Live, the live streaming network of HuffPost, and Soboroff also serves as a weekday & weekend fill-in & substitute anchor for Today & NBC Nightly News.

Early life

Born in Los Angeles, California, Soboroff is the eldest child of Patti and Steve Soboroff, a retired member of the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners.[2][3] He is of Jewish descent.[4] Soboroff attended Harvard-Westlake School,[5][6] and later received a Bachelor of Arts in politics in 2005 and a Master of Arts in political theory and philosophy in 2006, both from New York University.

Career

In college, Soboroff was an aide to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.[7]

Soboroff was a contributor to MTV's 2012 presidential election coverage, for which he discussed America's young voters with presidential candidate Mitt Romney. As the founding correspondent for AMC News,[8] Soboroff interviewed actors and filmmakers. Soboroff co-hosted NBC's proactive school makeover show School Pride.[9] He has contributed reporting to CNN, NPR's Weekend Edition, and the PBS series Wired Science. Between January and December 2014, Soboroff hosted YouTube Nation, a pop-culture oriented news show on YouTube.[1]

As a correspondent for MSNBC, Soboroff specializes in border issues, making him one of the first reporters to call public attention to the Trump administration family separation policy, whereby children were separated from parents who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border without proper documentation. He was one of ten journalists invited by authorities to tour Casa Padre, a facility in Texas housing 1500 boys ages 10 to 17.[10] He described it as "shocking... an old Walmart which has essentially been turned into a child prison."[11][12] His book on the subject, titled Separated: Inside an American Tragedy, was published on July 7, 2020.[10][13]

Personal life

Soboroff resides in Los Angeles.[11] He married fashion executive Nicole Cari in 2012.[11] He has two children.[10] Soboroff is an executive director of the nonpartisan organization Why Tuesday?[14] It seeks to make "America's democracy stronger through increased voter participation".[15]

References

  1. ^ a b "YouTube Nation". YouTube. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
  2. ^ "A New Clark Kent". LA Times. Archived from the original on November 10, 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  3. ^ "Anita Golden Schertzer (1930-2013)". The Desert Sun. July 3, 2013.
  4. ^ Blumenfeld, Warren J. (June 9, 2016). "Donald Trump: 'Make America white and Protestant again'". LGBTQ Nation. I wonder whether Johnson knew that Jacob Soboroff is of Jewish heritage
  5. ^ Rainey, James (July 25, 2016). "How MSNBC's Jacob Soboroff Is Making His Mark on Campaign 2016". variety.com. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  6. ^ "Donors, alumni, celebrities surprise Walch with endowed chair - The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle". hwchronicle.com. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  7. ^ Lippman, Daniel (March 27, 2018). "BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: MSNBC correspondent Jacob Soboroff". Politico. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  8. ^ "About Jacob Soboroff". AMC NEWS. Archived from the original on November 18, 2012. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
  9. ^ McNamara, Mary (October 15, 2010). "Television review: 'School Pride': A team commits to renovating run-down schools in a new NBC reality show". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 24, 2018 – via LA Times.
  10. ^ a b c Egan, Elisabeth (July 23, 2020). "Jacob Soboroff Saw Kids in Cages. Then He Started Talking — and Writing". The New York Times. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  11. ^ a b c Grove, Lloyd (June 28, 2018). "How NBC Reporter Jacob Soboroff Helped Kill Trump's Media Domination". The Daily Beast. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  12. ^ Soboroff, Jacob (June 22, 2018). "Kids in Cages and Other Scenes from Trump's "Zero-Tolerance" Border". Vanity Fair. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  13. ^ "Separated". HarperCollins. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  14. ^ "Why Do We Vote on Tuesday?". NPR. April 27, 2008. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  15. ^ Berrent, Sloane (October 23, 2007). "LAist Interview: Jacob Soboroff of Why Tuesday". LAist. Gothamist. Archived from the original on October 1, 2020. Retrieved August 18, 2020.