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Robby Soave

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Robby Soave
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Born1988/1989 (age 32–33)[1]
Detroit, Michigan
OccupationJournalist
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
Literary movementLibertarianism
Notable awardsSouthern California Journalism Award (2015)

Robby Soave (/swɑːveɪ/, SWAH-vay)[2] is an American journalist who is a senior editor for Reason and the author of two books: Panic Attack: Young Radicals in the Age of Trump (2019) and Tech Panic: Why We Shouldn't Fear Facebook and the Future (2021). He was born in Detroit, Michigan and graduated from the University of Michigan. In 2015, he won a Southern California Journalism Award from the Los Angeles Press Club for his writing on the Rolling Stone story "A Rape on Campus".[3][4] He was named in Forbes' "30 under 30" list in 2016.[4] In 2019, he gained media attention for his writings defending the Covington Catholic High School students involved in the Lincoln Memorial confrontation.[5][6][7] He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife where he serves on the D.C. Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.[8]

In Soave's first book, Panic Attack: Young Radicals in the Age of Trump, he profiles young progressive activists as well as those on the political right, and discusses issues such as intersectionality, free speech on college campuses, and political correctness.[9][1][10] Writing in The Guardian, reviewer J. Oliver Conroy called it "a methodical, earnest and often insightful work of reporting and analysis, not a fiery polemic."[11] In his second book, Tech Panic: Why We Shouldn't Fear Facebook and the Future, Soave questions conventional wisdom about the negative affects of social media,[12] and that increased regulation of platforms like Twitter and Facebook could stifle free speech and do more harm than good.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b Weissmueller, Zach; Soave, Robby (June 14, 2019). "Young Radicals Against Free Speech: Reason's Robby Soave on His New Book, Panic Attack". Reason.
  2. ^ Soave, Robby [@robbysoave] (July 24, 2019). "I pronounce it 'swah - vay.' Not everyone in my family does, though. It's like that in its original Italian, and I prefer this to the American-ized version" (Tweet) – via Twitter. I pronounce it "swah - vay." Not everyone in my family does, though. It's like that in its original Italian, and I prefer this to the American-ized version.
  3. ^ "Were the student protests at Middlebury a threat to free speech? Two writers duke it out". Mic. March 17, 2017. Retrieved 2021-09-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ a b "2016 30 Under 30: Law & Policy". Forbes. October 18, 2016. Retrieved 2021-09-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ Beauchamp, Zack (2019-01-23). "The real politics behind the Covington Catholic controversy, explained". Vox. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
  6. ^ Uyehara, Mari (2019-01-25). "Who's Complicit in the Covington Catholic Debacle?". GQ. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
  7. ^ Serwer, Adam (2019-01-23). "The Trump-Era Overcorrection". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
  8. ^ "Robby Soave". Reason.com. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
  9. ^ Soave, Robby (June 17, 2019). "Robby Soave's New Book, Panic Attack: Young Radicals in the Age of Trump, Hits Stores Tomorrow". Reason.
  10. ^ Bauer-Wolf, Jeremy (June 19, 2019). "Author skewers campus culture wars in new book". Inside Higher Ed.
  11. ^ Conroy, J. Oliver (July 28, 2019). "Panic Attack review: a wake-up call the woke won't read". The Guardian.
  12. ^ Geek's Guide to the Galaxy (October 15, 2021). "What If Panic Over Social Media Is Overblown?". Wired.
  13. ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: Tech Panic: Why We Shouldn't Fear Facebook and the Future by Robby Soave. Threshold, $28 (256p) ISBN 978-1-982159-59-7". Publishers Weekly. September 27, 2021.

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