Julie Tsirkin | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 23, 1997 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Rutgers University (BA) |
| Years active | 2013–present |
| Employer | NBC News |
| Spouse | Gavi Reichman (m. 2023) |
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/producer for the network's Capitol Hill Unit and other behind-the-scenes positions she held at both MSNBC and NBC News. [1]
Born in New Jersey, United States, Tsirkin intended to pursue a career in a legal law profession during her days in high school, but by the time she attended Rutgers University, and following an internship with MSNBC, it was where her career changed when she decided to change her major from legal studies to learning media and journalism courses in her senior college days. She also joined a one-year course at John Cabot University on Art History. [2]
Tsirkin interned at news channels and kicked off her career as a production intern at MSNBC during the 2016 United States presidential election. After graduating from Rutgers with a Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Journalism, she changed course going to NBC News as a desk assistant in 2017 and held that role until 2018 and rejoined MSNBC's election team leading production and coordination units for its midterm 2018 United States elections. She then moved on up as a digital producer working under 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. [4] 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. [5]
In 2022, NBC News promoted Tsirkin to a full-time congressional correspondent continuing her everyday reporting on Capitol Hill going forward. [6]
In 2025, it was announced Tsirkin would remain a Capitol Hill correspondent covering the new Congress. [7]