Jason Ross (writer)

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Jason Ross
NationalityAmerican
Education University of California, Santa Barbara
OccupationWriter
Years active2003–
StyleComedic
Television The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Daily Show
The President Show
SpouseNicole Revere
Children2

Jason Ross is an American writer and seven-time Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series winner.

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Early life and education

Ross grew up in Chico, California, in the 1970s and 80s and graduated from Chico Senior High School in 1988. [1] [2] [3] He attended the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he was a 1993 Collegiate Gold Circle Awards winner for his work at Daily Nexus . [4] He served as the news editor at Daily Nexus before being promoted to editor-in-chief [2] and graduated from UCSB in 1993. [5]

Career

Journalism

Ross followed a journalism career and was a writer for his hometown Chico News & Review after college. [6]

The Daily Show

Ross joined The Daily Show in 2002, [2] where he ended up spending 11 years, finally departing in June 2013. [7] As a staff writer, he was awarded seven Emmy Awards.

He also helped to write the show's two best-selling books, America and Earth . [8]

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Ross joined Late Night with Jimmy Fallon for the 2013–14 television season. [9]

Personal life

Ross currently lives in Los Angeles, California. [10] He is married to Nicole Revere and has two children. [2]

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