Alyona Minkovski

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In this Eastern Slavic naming convention, the patronymic is Leonidovna and the family name is Minkovski.
Alyona Minkovski
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Born
Alyona Leonidovna Minkovski

(1986-01-30) 30 January 1986 (age 35)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Alma materUniversity of California, Santa Cruz
Parent(s)

Alyona Leonidovna Minkovski (Russian: Алёна Леони́довна Минько́вская; born 30 January 1986) is a Russian American television host and commentator. In 2011, she was named on the Forbes 30 under 30 media list.[1]

Minkovski is currently the host of "Trade Ideas" for Real Vision, an interview show about finance.

Early life and education[]

Born in Moscow, Minkovski was raised in California. She is a daughter of the United Russia politician and figure skater Irina Rodnina and entrepreneur Leonid Minkovski, from a Russian Jewish family.[2] When she was 4, she immigrated to the United States with her family, who ultimately settled in Lake Arrowhead, California. She graduated with a B.A degree in political science from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Career[]

She is a frequent commentator on MSNBC, often speaking on US-Russian relations. In 2017, she profiled[3] opposition activists running for office in Moscow's municipal elections for The Nation and wrote about Anti-Trump Russian-Americans [4] for Fusion (now Splinter). Minkovski has been featured in Cosmopolitan, Details, Forbes, magazine [5] and others. She's also appeared on MSNBC, CNN, FOX News, Comedy Central, Fusion, The Young Turks, Brian Lamb's Q&A on CSPAN,[6] The Majority Report with Sam Seder and The Michael Brooks Show.[7]

RT (2009–2012)[]

From 2009 to 2012, Minkovski hosted a political commentary program called "The Alyona Show" on RT America, which premiered when she was only 23 years old. The final edition of the program aired on 30 July 2012.[8]

HuffPost Live (2012–2016)[]

From August 2012 to December 2016, Minkovski was a host for HuffPost Live,[9] the Huffington Post's online network. In 2016, she covered the US election, traveling the country for primaries, conventions, and Presidential debates. In studio, Minkovski interviewed hundreds of celebrities, politicians and influential figures including Bernie Sanders, Jimmy Carter, Stanley McChrystal, Paul Krugman, and many others. She also created the branded programs "Political Junkies" and "Free Speech Zone", and produced and hosted documentary and short form videos. In August 2016, Minkovski produced a documentary for HuffPost about wrongful conviction titled, "Stolen Time: Injustice in Brooklyn".[10] HuffPost Live won three consecutive Webbys for Best News and Information Channel while Minkovski worked there. In 2014, she was the host of a Gracie winning special on victims of mass shootings and was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Digital Journalism in coverage of bisexual activists holding a first ever forum at the White House.

Salon (2017)[]

In October 2017, Minkovski joined Salon as a host for the live interview show "Salon Talks" and as the producer and host of the "Salon Now"[11] video series.

References[]

  1. ^ Michael Noer and Caroline Howard, "30 under 30", Forbes, 19 December 2011; page featuring Alyona Minkovski.
  2. ^ Hersh, Phil (1 January 1991). "Death-spiral Queen: A Legend In Life". Chicago Tribune.
  3. ^ "Meet the Activists Running for Office in Moscow". The Nation. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Being Russian-American Is a Leeettle Awkward Right Now". splinternews.com. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  5. ^ Freed, Benjamin R. "Alyona Minkovski: She's Got It!". SOMA Magazine. Vol. 25 no. 4. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  6. ^ Q&A with Alyona Minkovski. C-SPAN. 15 July 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  7. ^ The Majority Report with Sam Seder (19 September 2017), TMBS - Ep. 7 - Building a Confident Left w/ Alyona Minkovski & Adam Proctor, retrieved 9 January 2018
  8. ^ Kevin Gosztola, A Farewell to RT's The Alyona Show, Firedoglake website, 30 July 2012.
  9. ^ HuffPost Live Hosts: Meet All 10!, Huffington Post website, 12 August 2012.
  10. ^ "Stolen Time: Injustice In Brooklyn". huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  11. ^ "Salon Now - Salon Video". video.salon.com. Archived from the original on 19 April 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.

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