Emily Nussbaum (born February 20, 1966)[citation needed] is an American television critic.[1][2] She served as the television critic for The New Yorker from 2011 until 2019.[3] In 2016, she won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.
Emily Nussbaum | |
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Born | February 20, 1966 |
Education | |
Occupation | Television critic |
Spouse | Clive Thompson |
Children | 2 |
Relatives | Bernard Nussbaum (father) |
Nussbaum was born in the United States to mother Toby Nussbaum and Bernard Nussbaum, who served as White House Counsel to President Bill Clinton.[4][5]
Nussbaum was raised in Scarsdale, New York, and graduated from Oberlin College in 1988.[6][7] She earned a master's degree in poetry from New York University[8] and started a doctoral program in literature, but decided not to pursue teaching.[9]
After living in Providence, Rhode Island, and Atlanta, Georgia, Nussbaum began writing reviews of TV shows following her infatuation with the series Buffy the Vampire Slayer[10] and posting at the website Television Without Pity.[11][12][13] She began writing for Lingua Franca and served as editor-in-chief of Nerve.[14] She also wrote for Slate and The New York Times.[9]
Nussbaum then worked at New York magazine, where she was the creator of the "Approval Matrix" feature and wrote about culture and television.[15] She was at New York for seven years and was the culture editor.[16]
In 2011, she became the television critic at The New Yorker,[17] taking over from Nancy Franklin.[18] She won a National Magazine Award for Columns and Commentary in 2014 and the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 2016.[19]
Nussbaum is married to journalist Clive Thompson.[20] They have two children.[21]
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