Jason L. Riley

Jason L. Riley (born July 8, 1971)[1] is an American conservative commentator and author. He is a member of The Wall Street Journal editorial board. Riley is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and has appeared on the Journal Editorial Report, other Fox News programs and C-SPAN.[2]

This article is about the journalist. For the footballer, see Jason Riley (football).
Jason L. Riley
Born (1971-07-08) July 8, 1971
NationalityAmerican
EducationState University of New York (BA)
OccupationJournalist
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2004)​
Children3
Websitewww.jasonrileyonline.com

Early life and education

Riley was born in Buffalo, New York. He is the son of Lee Riley of Buffalo and the late Ola Riley. His father retired as a social worker at the Buffalo Psychiatric Center, a residential psychiatric treatment hospital.[1] He earned a bachelor's of arts degree in English from the State University of New York at Buffalo and began his career in journalism working for the Buffalo News and USA Today.[3]

Career

He joined The Wall Street Journal in 1994 as a copyreader on the national news desk in New York. In April 1996, he was named to the newly created position of editorial interactive editor, and joined the editorial board in 2005.[4]

Riley is the author of four books. In 2008, he published Let Them In: The Case for Open Borders,[5] which argues for a more free-market oriented U.S. immigration system.[3]

In 2014, Riley published Please Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make It Harder for Blacks to Succeed.[6] The book was praised by Thomas Sowell of National Review, who wrote "Pick up a copy and open pages at random to see how the author annihilates nonsense."[7]

In his 2017 book False Black Power?,[8] Riley argues economic success is a more important strategy for the empowerment of black people than dependence on political leadership.[9]

According to Salon, "The American left should start paying attention to The Wall Street Journal's Jason Riley. His name is on the rise".[10]

In 2021, Riley published Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell.

Personal life

Riley married his wife Naomi Schaefer Riley, also a journalist, in 2004. They currently reside in New York with their three children.[1][11]

See also

References
  1. "WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS; Naomi Schaefer, Jason Riley". The New York Times. May 23, 2004.
  2. Appearances on C-SPAN
  3. Jason L. Riley, Manhattan Institute biography.
  4. Jason Riley, editorial board member, The Wall Street Journal.
  5. Let Them In: The Case for Open Borders, Amazon.
  6. "Please Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make It Harder for Blacks to Succeed", Heritage Foundation, June 23, 2014.
  7. Thomas Sowell, "A new book brilliantly explains how policies designed to help blacks end up harming them", National Review, July 8, 2014.
  8. False Black Power?, Amazon.
  9. "Conservative Author Offers Contrarian View of Black Power", Reed Magazine, May 28, 2018.
  10. Ian Blair, "The right’s favorite new race guru: Why you should know Jason Riley", Salon.com, July 11, 2014.
  11. "Jason L. Riley". jasonrileyonline.com. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
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