Clare Malone | |
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 Malone in 2017 | |
| Alma mater | Georgetown University (BA) |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Employer | The New Yorker |
Clare Malone is an American journalist who is a staff writer at The New Yorker. She previously worked at the now-defunct political analysis outlet FiveThirtyEight. [1]
Malone was raised in Shaker Heights, Ohio, along with her two brothers and three sisters. She attended Georgetown University, where she rowed for the Georgetown Hoyas. [2] She graduated in 2009 with a degree in government. [3]
Malone began her journalism career working at The American Prospect before eventually writing full-time for FiveThirtyEight. At FiveThirtyEight, Malone covered Donald Trump's successful 2016 presidential campaign and became the outlet's senior political writer. [4] [5] She also hosted the FiveThirtyEight political podcast with Harry Enten and Nate Silver. [6]
In 2021, Malone was hired by The New Yorker, covering the media industry and politics. [7]
In September 2023, Malone wrote an expose alleging that the comedian Hasan Minhaj had embellished claims of experiencing racism in his comedy sets. [8] [9] The article was one of the magazine's top twenty five articles of the year. [10] Minhaj defended himself, saying his comedy contained "emotional truths", [11] and were exaggerations of real experiences that had happened to him. [12] [13] According to Minhaj, Comedy Central revoked his offer to succeed Trevor Noah as the host of The Daily Show after the article came out. [14]
In May 2024, Malone reported on the creation and launch of Hunterbrook. [15] [16] [17]
In August 2024, Malone reported that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who was then running for president as a third-party candidate, had dumped a bear carcass in Central Park as a joke. [18] Kennedy attempted to get ahead of Malone's story by recounting the incident in a video posted to his X account. [19] [20] [21] Kennedy's confession led to mockery and memes on social media. [22] [23] [19]
Malone has also reported extensively about cultural issues in The New York Times and TheWashington Post . [24] [25] She later reported on Jeff Bezos' ownership of Washington Post. [26]