14 Facts About Steve Kornacki

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Stephan Joseph Kornacki was born on August 22,1979 and is an American political journalist, writer, and television presenter.

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Steve Kornacki has written articles for Salon, The New York Observer, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, New York Daily News, the New York Post, The Boston Globe, and The Daily Beast.

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Steve Kornacki is the multimedia anchor and data analyst for much of MSNBC's The Place for Politics campaign coverage, which airs during Election Day in the United States since 2016.

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Steve Kornacki was born in Groton, Massachusetts, to Stephan Joseph Steve Kornacki Sr.

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Steve Kornacki has an older sister, Kathryn Kornacki, born in January 1978, who is a professor at Caldwell University.

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Steve Kornacki attended Boston University and graduated with a degree in film and television.

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Steve Kornacki started his journalism career as a reporter for PoliticsNJ.

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Steve Kornacki formerly co-hosted a political news series on News 12 New Jersey and reported on the US Congress for Roll Call.

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Steve Kornacki's articles have been published in the New York Observer, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, The Boston Globe, and The Daily Beast.

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On May 8,2017, Steve Kornacki was named National Political Correspondent for NBC News Group, with plans to continue co-hosting the 4 pm edition of MSNBC Live with Nicolle Wallace.

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Steve Kornacki published a book titled The Red and the Blue: The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism in 2018, which chronicles "the polarization of politics".

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In October 2019, Steve Kornacki began hosting a podcast for NBC News covering the inquiry and first impeachment of Donald Trump called Article II: Inside Impeachment.

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Steve Kornacki was approached to bring his unique analytic style to the sports division of NBCUniversal, first appearing on Football Night in America in December 2020 to break down playoff scenarios for the remainder of the 2020 NFL season.

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Steve Kornacki is gay and publicly came out in 2011 through a column in Salon.