Julie Tsirkin | |
|---|---|
| Born | New Jersey, U.S. |
| Education | Rutgers University (BA) |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Years active | 2013–present |
| Employer | NBC News |
Julie Tsirkin is an American journalist who works at NBC News as a congressional correspondent based in Washington, D.C. She was previously a reporter and producer for the network's Capitol Hill Unit and other positions at both MSNBC and NBC News. [1]
As an undergraduate at Rutgers University, Tsirkin intended to study law, but following an internship with MSNBC she changed her major from legal studies to media and journalism. [2]
Tsirkin began as a production intern at MSNBC during the 2016 United States presidential election. [2] After graduating from Rutgers with a Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Journalism, she worked at MSNBC as a field producer and off-air reporter on Capitol Hill. She moved to NBC News as a Senate-side associate producer, and worked on Capitol Hill coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic, also serving as a press pool reporter. She then worked as a digital producer for Hallie Jackson, who was NBC's chief White House correspondent at the time. [3]
Tsirkin also handled digital politics for NBC, reporting on political news and assisted with live broadcast editing and shooting until 2019 when she was named a reporter/producer for the NBC News Channel in Washington D.C. [3] In this position, she reported on the first and second impeachments of Donald Trump, Justice Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court nomination, the January 6 United States Capitol attack, the Presidential transition of Joe Biden, Russo-Ukrainian War, and the 2022 visit by Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the United States in his address to Congress. [4]
In 2022, NBC News promoted Tsirkin to a full-time congressional correspondent continuing her everyday reporting on Capitol Hill going forward. [5]
In 2025, it was announced Tsirkin would remain a Capitol Hill correspondent covering the new Congress. [6]