Emily Nussbaum
| Emily Nussbaum | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
1966 (age 49–50) United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Television critic |
| Spouse(s) | Clive Thompson |
Emily Nussbaum (born 1966) is a Pulitzer Prize winning[1][2] television critic for The New Yorker.[3]
Early life
Nussbaum was born in the United States to mother Toby Nussbaum (née Sheinfeld) and Bernard "Bernie" Nussbaum, who served as White House Counsel to President Bill Clinton.[4][5]
Nussbaum graduated from Oberlin College in 1988.[6][7] She went on to get a master's degree in poetry from New York University[8] and started a doctoral program in literature, but decided not to pursue teaching.[3]
Career
After living in Providence, Rhode Island, and Atlanta, Georgia, Nussbaum started her early career writing reviews of TV shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer[9] and posting at the website Television Without Pity.[10][11][12] She began writing for Lingua Franca and served as Editor-in-Chief of Nerve.[13] She also wrote for Slate and The New York Times.[3]
Nussbaum then worked at New York magazine, where she was the creator of the Approval Matrix and wrote about culture and television. She was at New York for seven years and was the Culture Editor.[14]
In 2011, she became the TV critic at The New Yorker,[15] taking over from Nancy Franklin.[16]
Personal life
Nussbaum is married to journalist Clive Thompson.[17] They have two children.[18]
Awards
- 2014: National Magazine Awards, Columns and Commentary. Honors political and social commentary; news analysis; and reviews and criticism[19]
- 2016: Pulitzer Prize for Criticism[20]
Bibliography
Essays and reporting
- Nussbaum, Emily (February 25, 2013). "Shark Week : "House of Cards," "Scandal," and the political game". The Critics. On Television. The New Yorker.
- — (April 8, 2013). "To stir, with love : the modern cooking show, from Hell's Kitchen to Barefoot Contessa". The Critics. On Television. The New Yorker. 89 (8): 86–87.
- — (May 6, 2013). "Crass roots : "Veep" grows up". The Critics. On Television. The New Yorker. 89 (12): 72–74.
- — (June 3, 2013). "L.A. confidential : Steven Soderbergh's gorgeous homage to Liberace". The Critics. On Television. The New Yorker. 89 (16): 68–69.
- — (29 July 2013). "Difficult Women: How "Sex and the City" lost its good name". The Critics. On Television. The New Yorker.
- — (7 October 2013). "Private Practice: The hot-to-trot pleasures of "Masters of Sex"". The Critics. On Television. The New Yorker.
- — (23 February 2015). "Last Girl in Larchmont: Joan Rivers was a survivor of a sexist era: a victim, a rebel, and, finally, an enforcer". The Critics. On Television. The New Yorker.
- — (30 March 2015). "Candy Girl: The bright-pink resilience of 'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'". The Critics. On Television. The New Yorker.
- — (11 May 2015). "The Little Tramp: The raucous feminist humor of Inside Amy Schumer". The Critics. On Television. The New Yorker.
- — (March 21, 2016). "Swing states : the Realpolitik of The Middle". The Critics. On Television. The New Yorker. 92 (6): 102–103.
Blog posts and online columns
- Nussbaum, Emily (February 23, 2012). "In defense of Liz Lemon". Culture Desk. The New Yorker.
References
- ↑ "Three Pulitzers for New Yorker Writers". The New Yorker. 18 April 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ↑ Rosenberg, Alyssa (18 April 2016). "Why everyone is freaking out over Emily Nussbaum's Pulitzer Prize for criticism". The Washington Post. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- 1 2 3 Anaheed (9 April 2014). "Why Can't I Be You: Emily Nussbaum". Rookie. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ↑ "Paid Notice: Deaths Nussbaum, Toby A.". The New York Times. 4 January 2006. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ↑ "Toby Nussbaum, 66, Philanthropist and Activist". The New York Sun. 5 January 2006. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ↑ "I wasn't a journalism major, but...". Oberlin Alumni Magazine. Fall 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ↑ Milstein, Larry (10 October 2013). "Nussbaum talks technology, journalism". Yale Daily News. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ↑ "Creating Television Today: Industry Perspectives". Yale Conference On Television. 4 February 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ↑ French, Lisa (18 August 2014). "Speaking with: The New Yorker TV critic Emily Nussbaum". The Conversation. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ↑ "The Emily Nussbaum Interview". Zulkey. 12 July 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ↑ Patel, Nilay (16 November 2012). "New Yorker TV critic Emily Nussbaum: 'Social watching just sounds like wishful thinking'". The Verge. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ↑ Nussbaum tweet, 2 June 2016
- ↑ Doig, Will (7 September 2007). "Emily Nussbaum". Nerve. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ↑ Tanzer, Myles (13 August 2014). "How New York Magazine's Approval Matrix Went From The Back Page To TV". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ↑ Silvarole, Georgie (11 November 2015). "TV critic Emily Nussbaum fields questions on everything from "Buffy" to "Broad City"". Newhouse School of Public Communications - Syracuse University. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ↑ Koblin, John (13 October 2011). "Emily Nussbaum Headed to The New Yorker". Women's Wear Daily (WWD). Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ↑ Zuckerman, Esther (5 October 2012). "Emily Nussbaum: What I Read". The Wire. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ↑ Simons, Seth (20 January 2016). "New Yorker Critic Emily Nussbaum on Recurring Dreams and Her Trick For Beating Insomnia". Van Winkle's. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ↑ Holt, Sid; McCarthy, Margaret; Lowe, Jonathan (1 May 2014). "National Magazine Awards 2014 Winners Announced". MPA - the Association of Magazine Media. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ↑ "The 2016 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Criticism. For distinguished criticism, using any available journalistic tool, Ten thousand dollars ($10,000). Emily Nussbaum of The New Yorker". Pulitzer Prize. 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
