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United States Matt Bai is a journalist, author, and screenwriter known for his political commentary and analysis across major media outlets.
Matt Bai served as national political columnist for Yahoo News from 2014 to 2019.
Matt Bai, former national political columnist for Yahoo News, has been interviewed by FRONTLINE, a PBS investigative journalism series.
Matt Bai was a chief political correspondent for The New York Times Magazine for more than a decade and a columnist for The Times. He also wrote an online blog, The Primary Argument, on The New York Times website.
Matt Bai is a contributing columnist for The Washington Post. He previously spent more than a decade at The New York Times.
Matt Bai was the chief political correspondent for the New York Times Magazine, covering presidential campaigns and authoring cover essays.
Matt Bai has appeared as an interviewee on PBS's FRONTLINE, discussing his background as a national political columnist.
WWSG (Washington Speakers Bureau) positions Matt Bai as a speaker, highlighting their long-standing partnership in facilitating speaking engagements.
Matt Bai is an alumnus of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, where he was awarded the Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship.
Matt Bai had two brief appearances as himself in the second season of the TV show 'House of Cards' as part of a season-long storyline.
Penguin Random House lists Matt Bai as an author, noting his role as national political columnist for Yahoo! News and his past with The New York Times Magazine.
His personal essay about his Japanese American in-laws was published in the anthology 'I Married My Mother-in-Law: And Other Tales of In-Laws We Can't Live With—and Can't Live Without' by Riverhead Books in 2006.
His second book, 'All the Truth Is Out: The Week Politics Went Tabloid,' was published by Alfred A. Knopf in 2014.
Matt Bai is a graduate of Tufts University and serves on the board of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts.
In 2001, Bai was a fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School, where he led a seminar on the next generation of political journalism.
Matt Bai has been a fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.
Matt Bai has been a fellow at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics.
Prior to joining the New York Times Magazine, Matt Bai was a city desk reporter for the Boston Globe.
Before his tenure at The New York Times Magazine, Matt Bai was a national correspondent for Newsweek magazine.
Matt Bai discussed his book 'All the Truth Is Out' on 'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'.
Matt Bai was interviewed on NPR's 'Fresh Air' regarding his book 'All the Truth Is Out'.
Matt Bai became interested in the intersection of scandal and political journalism after writing for Zócalo Public Square.
Matt Bai, born on September 9, 1968, in Trumbull, Connecticut, is an American journalist, author, and screenwriter. He earned his Bachelor of Arts from Tufts University and a Master of Arts from Columbia University, where he was awarded the Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship. Early in his career, he served as a speechwriter for the U.S. Committee for UNICEF, contributing to speeches for figures such as Audrey Hepburn. His journalism career began as a city desk reporter for the Boston Globe before he transitioned to a national correspondent role at Newsweek magazine. In 2001, Bai was recognized as a fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School.
Bai spent over a decade as the chief political correspondent for The New York Times Magazine, covering three presidential campaigns. During this period, he authored notable cover essays like “Is Obama the End of Black Politics?” in 2008 and a profile of John Kerry in 2004 titled “Kerry’s Undeclared War.” His work for The New York Times Magazine also included cover stories on figures such as John McCain and Barack Obama’s political strategies. From 2014 to 2019, he served as the national political columnist for Yahoo! News. He left Yahoo! News in 2019 to focus on screenwriting, a field he had already entered with his co-writing of the screenplay for the film “The Front Runner,” based on his book “All the Truth Is Out.” He continues to contribute as a columnist for The Washington Post.
His published books include “The Argument,” released in 2007, which explores the “new progressive movement” in America and was recognized as a New York Times Notable Book. His second book, “All the Truth Is Out: The Week Politics Went Tabloid,” published in 2014, offered a critical examination of political journalism through the lens of the 1987 Gary Hart media scandal. This book was adapted into the film “The Front Runner,” starring Hugh Jackman, Vera Farmiga, and J. K. Simmons. Beyond his writing and screenwriting, Bai has also made appearances on television, playing himself in two episodes of the Netflix series “House of Cards” in 2014, as part of a storyline where his character was writing a magazine story within the show.
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