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| Born | May 24, 2001 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Hofstra University |
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Emily Austin (born May 24, 2001) [1] is an American journalist, social media influencer and independent NBA broadcaster. [2] [3]
Emily Austin | |
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| Austin in 2023 | |
| Born | May 24, 2001 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Hofstra University |
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Emily Austin (born May 24, 2001) [1] is an American journalist, social media influencer and independent NBA broadcaster. [2] [3]
Austin was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Israeli parents, [4] and grew up on Long Island, New York. [5] [6] She went to North Shore Hebrew Academy for high school, graduating in 2019. [7] She then attended Hofstra University, studying journalism. [6] [8] [9]
Austin's parents are Modern Orthodox Jews, strict about keeping kosher and Shabbat. [10] She has visited Israel since her youth and follows Jewish traditions such as keeping kosher, making Kiddush, lighting Shabbat candles, and not working on Shabbat. [6] [8] [11] She visited Poland during a Holocaust education trip at the age of 16, which she has cited as "a turning point" in her life. [12]
In 2021, Austin started her sports journalism career by reaching out to professional athletes for interviews during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, while she was still a sophomore journalism student at Hofstra University. [6] A former athlete, Austin began interviewing athletes on Instagram for her vlog show, Daily Vibes with Emily Austin. [6] [13] [14] This led her to working at MTV on Music Lives On. She also worked for Sports Illustrated as a host at NFL and boxing events. [9] [13]
In 2023, Austin started an NBA podcast called The Hoop Chat w/ Emily Austin which has featured NBA players, [15] [16] [13] such as Josh Giddey, [17] Grant Williams, [18] Mitchell Robinson,[ citation needed ] Immanuel Quickley,[ citation needed ] Jalen Brunson, [14] and Chet Holmgren. [8] In April 2024, Austin began working with DAZN on their boxing coverage. [19]
Austin has worked as a model [20] and is a conservative social media influencer. [3] She was a judge at Miss Universe 2022. [8] [9] Austin has written for publications such as Newsweek . [21] She has appeared several times as a panelist on the Fox News program Gutfeld! [22] She is a presenter for PragerU. [23] Austin interviewed Andrew Cuomo on her podcast The Emily Austin Show.
In January 2023, Austin claimed that Jews were sent as "sheeps[ sic ] to the slaughter" during the Holocaust because they were "afraid to be vocal and proud of their identity." [24] Austin later asserted that her comments had been taken out of context. [21]
In July 2023, Austin defended Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after he claimed that COVID-19 was an "ethnically targeted" bioweapon that did not affect Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese. [24] In a January 2024 PragerU video, Austin said that "racism alone wasn't the primary reason for Nazi Jew-hatred" and that racism was not the reason "[ Adolf Hitler] murdered the Jews." [25]
In October 2025, Austin announced "Hot Girls for Cuomo", a website supporting former Democratic New York state governor Andrew Cuomo's independent campaign for the 2025 New York City mayoral election. However, the domain hotgirlsforcuomo.com was first registered by someone else, who redirected it to the report of the investigation into allegations of sexual harassment made against Cuomo. [26]
Austin has described herself as a Zionist. [21] In January 2023, Austin joined the Israeli mission to the United Nations, where she handles English communications and public relations. [2] [27] Since the October 7 attacks on Israel, Austin has been vocal on the issue of antisemitism, [28] coming out in support of Israel on social media and visiting southern Israeli border communities in December 2023. [28]
