Catherine Rampell | |
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 Rampell in 2016 | |
| Born | Catherine Chelsea Rampell November 4, 1984 |
| Education | Princeton University (AB) |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Spouse | Christopher Conlon (m. 2014) |
| Website | catherinerampell |
Catherine Chelsea Rampell (born November 4, 1984) is an American opinion journalist and nationally syndicated opinion columnist.
Rampell grew up in a Jewish family in South Florida, the daughter of Ellen (née Kahn), an accountant, and Richard Rampell. [1] [2] [3] Both of her parents are Princeton alumni. [4] Rampell is a graduate of Palm Beach Day Academy. Rampell graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Arts (AB) in anthropology in 2007 after completing a 150-page-long senior thesis, titled "Hawk the Vote: Marketing Voting to American Youth", under the supervision of James A. Boon. [5] [1] [6]
From 2014 to 2025, Rampell was an opinion columnist for The Washington Post and a member of The Washington Post Writers Group. She is also a political commentator for CNN and PBS NewsHour. [7] Prior to joining The Washington Post, Rampell was an economics journalist, theater critic, and blogger for The New York Times . [8]
In March 2025, Rampell was announced to be joining MSNBC as a co-anchor of The Weekend. [9]
In July 2025, Rampell accepted a buyout from The Washington Post. [10]
In September 2014, Rampell married Christopher Conlon. [11] Conlon has served as an Assistant Professor of Economics at Columbia University and Associate Professor of Economics at New York University's Stern School of Business. [12]
In May 2025, it was reported that Rampell was pregnant with her first child. [13]
I would say I'm an agnostic. I was raised Jewish, but now am pretty secular.
But as a Jew, I find Putin's attempt to implicate my people to be disgusting, offensive and obviously false.