Bari Weiss

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Founder & Editor of The Free Press

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Bari Weiss: Biography at a Glance

  • Bari Weiss is a journalist and the author of How to Fight Anti-Semitism, which won a National Jewish Book Award and a Natan Notable Book Award.
  • She is the founder and editor of the news website, The Free Press, and the host of the Honestly podcast.
  • Weiss was an opinion writer and editor at The New York Timesan op-ed and book review editor at The Wall Street Journal, and a senior editor at Tablet Magazine.
  • Bari is also the winner of the LA Press Club's Daniel Pearl Award and the Reason Foundation’s Bastiat Prize, which honors writing that “best demonstrates the importance of freedom with originality, wit, and eloquence.”
  • Vanity Fair called Weiss the Times's "star opinion writer" and The Jerusalem Post named Bari the seventh most influential Jew in the world.

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Biography

Bari Weiss is the founder and editor of The Free Press and host of the podcast Honestly. From 2017 to 2020, Weiss was an opinion writer and editor at The New York Times. Before that, she was an op-ed and book review editor at The Wall Street Journal and a senior editor at Tablet Magazine.

Weiss is a winner of the LA Press Club's Daniel Pearl Award for Courage and Integrity in Journalism. She is also a winner of the Reason Foundation’s Bastiat Prize, which honors writing that “best demonstrates the importance of freedom with originality, wit, and eloquence.” Vanity Fair called Weiss the Times's "star opinion writer."

Weiss is a proud Pittsburgh native. Her first book, "How to Fight Anti-Semitism," was the winner of a 2019 National Jewish Book Award. She lives with her wife and daughter in Los Angeles.

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