Jacob Soboroff

Pundit 

Jacob Soboroff is part of the team working to transform America's education system on the NBC series School Pride. He is also the founding correspondent of AMC News on AMC, reporting from film festivals, movie premieres, award shows and conferences. In addition to his duties with NBC and AMC, Jacob serves as executive director of Why Tuesday?, a non-partisan group working to increase voter participation. Previously, he contributed to NPR Weekend Edition and to the PBS/Wired Magazine series Wired Science.

Jacob has conducted on-camera interviews with a diverse group of "influentials," from Barack Obama, John McCain, and Arnold Schwarzenegger, to Brad Pitt, George Lucas, and Woody Allen. He has been recognized with multiple Webby Award nominations, the Film Your Issue Award, and with a Los Angeles Press Club National Entertainment Journalist Award for best news story.

During college, Jacob was an advance man to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and presidential candidate Howard Dean. A Los Angeles native, Jacob holds a BA in Politics and an MA in Political Theory and Philosophy from New York University. His website is jacobsoboroff.com.