Amy Chozick

Amy Chozick
Amy Chozick in 2024
Born	1979or1980(age 45–46)
Alma mater	The University of Texas at Austin
Occupation	Political journalist
Spouse	Robert Ennis
Children	1

Amy Chozick (born 1979or1980 ^[1] ) is an American journalist, author, and screenwriter. She has worked as a reporter for The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times , and is the author of Chasing Hillary, a memoir about covering Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign. Chozick adapted the book into the HBO Max series The Girls on the Bus . She has also written for publications such as Vanity Fair and Vogue .

Early life and education

Chozick grew up in a Jewish family ^[2] in San Antonio, Texas, where she began working in journalism writing for the San Antonio Express-News as part of a program offering school credit for working off campus. ^[3] She attended Tom C. Clark High School, ^[1] then the University of Texas at Austin, where she was originally a journalism major, but switched to English and Latin American studies after three weeks. ^[3]

Career

Chozick began her career at The Wall Street Journal, where she served as a foreign correspondent based in Tokyo and a political reporter covering the 2008 presidential campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. ^{[4] [5]} After eight years at the Journal, she joined The New York Times in 2011, first reporting on corporate media before moving to the politics team in 2013. ^{[5] [6]} At the Times, she became a national political reporter and was a lead correspondent covering Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign. ^{[7] [6]}

In 2012, she accompanied President Bill Clinton on a philanthropic trip to Africa. ^[8] Chozick has also written for Vogue, including profiles of Stormy Daniels ^[9] and all of the women running for president in 2020. ^[10]

In 2015, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump referred to her as a "third-rate reporter". ^{[11] [12]}

In 2016, she said that as a result of her reporting on Clinton, specifically on her clinching the Democratic nomination for president in June of that year, that she had received death threats from supporters of Clinton's rival in this campaign, Bernie Sanders. ^[13]

In 2018, Chozick published Chasing Hillary, a memoir about covering Clinton's campaigns. The book, which the Times called " The Devil Wears Prada meets The Boys on the Bus," became a bestseller. Chozick and Julie Plec adapted the book as a television series called The Girls on the Bus . ^{[14] [15] [16]}

In 2023, Chozick got an exclusive interview with Elizabeth Holmes for The New York Times shortly before Holmes began her prison sentence. The profile drew mixed responses from media commentators. ^{[17] [18] [19]}

In November 2024, it was announced that she will be writing a Netflix series that will star Meghann Fahy and will be produced by Chernin Entertainment. ^[20]

Chozick's debut novel will be released in July 2026. Chozick is adapting the novel into a movie with Fifth Season and producer Brad Weston. ^[21]

Personal life

Chozick lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Robert Ennis, and their son, born in 2018. ^{[1] [22]}

Works

Bibliography

• Chasing Hillary: Ten Years, Two Presidential Campaigns, and One Intact Glass Ceiling, Harper, 2018, ISBN   978-0062413598

Filmography

• The Girls on the Bus
• MORE (pilot, HBO Max, Creator/Executive Producer) ^[23]
• House of Cards (Netflix, Consultant)

Select articles

• Los Angeles Is Being Crushed Under the Weight of Inaction, New York Times, January 13, 2025. Description:  An opinion piece criticizing California's leadership for their lack of response to the fire

References

1. Garcia, Gilbert (3 May 2018). "Q&A with Amy Chozick". Midland Reporter-Telegram. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
2. Conrad, Peter (April 29, 2018). "Chasing Hillary; Dear Madam President review – followers of a lost cause". The Guardian. eISSN   1756-3224. ISSN   0261-3077. OCLC   60623878. Archived from the original on April 29, 2018. Although Chozick began life as "a nice Jewish girl from Texas"...
3. Filipovic, Jill (22 June 2015). "Get That Life: How I Got the Hillary Clinton Beat at "The New York Times"". Cosmopolitan . Retrieved 3 January 2016.
4. Siddiqui, Sabrina (2018-04-29). "Hillary Clinton – my part in her downfall". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2018-11-20.
5. O'Shea, Chris (2013-07-02). "The New York Times' Amy Chozick Shifts to Politics". Adweek. Retrieved 2018-11-20.
6. Tenore, Mallary Jean (2 July 2013). "Amy Chozick to join New York Times' political team". Poynter Institute. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
7. "Get That Life: How I Got the Hillary Clinton Beat at "The New York Times"". Cosmopolitan. 2015-06-22. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
8. "Carving a Legacy of Giving (to His Party, Too) (Published 2012)". 2012-09-04. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
9. "Stormy Daniels: Trump Lasted 'Maybe' Two Minutes In Bed". Newsweek. 2018-08-29. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
10. Chozick, Amy (2019-07-01). "Madam President? Five Candidates on What It Will Take to Shatter the Most Stubborn Glass Ceiling". Vogue. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
11. Lee, Jasmine C.; Quealy, Kevin (2016-01-28). "The 598 People, Places and Things Donald Trump Has Insulted on Twitter: A Complete List". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2025-09-19.
12. "Notes from a 'Third Rate' Reporter | Moody College of Communication". moody.utexas.edu. 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
13. Singal, Jesse (7 June 2016). "The New York Times' Hillary Clinton Campaign Correspondent Says She's Being Threatened by Bernie Sanders Supporters". New York Magazine. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
14. "The Walls That Hillary Clinton Created (Published 2018)". 2018-04-24. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
15. Andreeva, Nellie (2018-09-17). "'Chasing Hillary': Amy Chozick's Clinton Presidential Campaign Memoir Nabbed By Warner Bros. TV For Series Development". Deadline. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
16. Andreeva, Nellie (2022-02-17). "'The Girls On The Bus' Moves To HBO Max With Series Order For Drama From Julie Plec, Amy Chozick & Berlanti Prods". Deadline. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
17. "Everyone Who Knows What Elizabeth Holmes Did Wrong, Step Forward (Not So Fast, The New York Times) | Defector". defector.com. 2023-05-08. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
18. Onion, Rebecca (2023-05-08). "I Cannot Get Over the Name of Elizabeth Holmes' Dog That She Claimed Was a Wolf". Slate. ISSN   1091-2339 . Retrieved 2023-05-12.
19. "You don't need to worry about the New York Times making Elizabeth Holmes look good". The Independent. 2023-05-09. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
20. Otterson, Joe (2024-11-21). "Chernin Entertainment Promotes Tracey Cook, Kaitlin Dahill to Lead TV Division". Variety. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
21. D'Alessandro, Anthony (2024-09-26). "Fifth Season Acquires Rights To Amy Chozick's Upcoming Novel 'Some Part Of Her'". Deadline. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
22. "Opinion | Los Angeles Is Being Crushed Under the Weight of Inaction". 2025-01-13. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
23. Otterson, Joe (2022-09-22). "HBO Max Pilot 'More' Casts Christian Serratos in Lead Role (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2025-09-19.

External links

• Official website