Bari Weiss
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Bari Weiss ( BARR-ee WYSS; born March 25, 1984) is an American political commentator who is the editor-in-chief of CBS News. She was an op-ed and book review editor at The Wall Street Journal from 2013 to 2017 and an op-ed staff editor and writer on culture and politics at The New York Times from 2017 to 2020. Since March 1, 2021, she has worked as a regular columnist for the German daily newspaper Die Welt. Weiss founded the media company The Free Press (formerly Common Sense) and hosts the podcast Honestly.
Infobox
Born
(1984-03-25) March 25, 1984 (age 41)Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Education
Columbia University (BA)
Occupations
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Employers
mw- The Wall Street Journal(2013–2017)The New York Times(2017–2020)Die Welt(since 2021)The Free Press(since 2021)CBS News(since 2025)
Spouses
mw- Jason Kass (m. 2013; div. 2016) Nellie Bowles (m. 2021)
Children
2
Relatives
Suzy Weiss (sister)
Tables
· Awards and honors
Reason Foundation
Reason Foundation
Organization
Reason Foundation
Year
2018
Honor
Bastiat Prize
Result
Honored
Jewish Book Council
Jewish Book Council
Organization
Jewish Book Council
Year
2019
Honor
National Jewish Book Award
Result
Honored
LA Press Club
LA Press Club
Organization
LA Press Club
Year
2021
Honor
Daniel Pearl Award
Result
Honored
National Journalism Center
National Journalism Center
Organization
National Journalism Center
Year
2022
Honor
Excellence In Investigative Journalism
Result
Honored
| Organization | Year | Honor | Result | Ref. |
| Reason Foundation | 2018 | Bastiat Prize | Honored | |
| Jewish Book Council | 2019 | National Jewish Book Award | Honored | |
| LA Press Club | 2021 | Daniel Pearl Award | Honored | |
| National Journalism Center | 2022 | Excellence In Investigative Journalism | Honored |
References
- Specifically, for writing which "best demonstrates the importance of freedom with originality, wit and eloquence"
- Specifically, for Best Contemporary Jewish Life and Practice for How to Fight Anti-Semitism
- For Courage and Integrity in Journalism "for her persistent willingness to resist groupthink, her commitment to telling
- Weiss won alongside Matt Taibbi, and Michael Shellenberger for their Twitter Files coverage.
- Reutershttps://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/free-press-founder-bari-weiss-named-editor-cbs-news-after-deal-with-paramount-2025-10-06/
- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/by/bari-weiss
- The Washington Posthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2020/07/14/bari-weiss-resigns-new-york-times/
- "Bari Weiss wird Kolumnistin für Die Welt by Ulrike Simon, Horizont [de], 1 March 2021 (in German)https://www.horizont.net/medien/nachrichten/ehemalige-ny-times-redakteurin-bari-weiss-wird-kolumnistin-fuer-die-welt-189623
- "Honestly with Bari Weiss"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8RMFyRb2PguHhsO2iYsmzn5v-5SXRv3_
- Jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.comhttps://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/despite-political-differences-jewish-values-unite-squirrel-hill-couple
- Pittsburgh Jewish Chroniclehttps://issuu.com/pittchron/docs/_171027
- Vanity Fairhttps://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/04/bari-weiss-the-new-york-times-provocateur
- "Israel programs see huge decrease"https://www.jta.org/2002/11/05/lifestyle/israel-programs-see-huge-decrease
- Columbia College Todayhttps://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/issue/spring20/article/college-alumni-and-pandemic
- Columbia College Todayhttps://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/latest/alumni-news/aitn-may-20-2019
- The Currenthttps://web.archive.org/web/20070827214551/http://www.columbia.edu:80/cu/current/editors.html
- The Blue and Whitehttps://s3.amazonaws.com/BWARCHIVE/2005/sep05.pdf
- Columbia Currenthttp://www.columbia-current.org/the-editors.html
- Oregon Jewish Lifehttps://orjewishlife.com/bari-weiss-a-moderate-in-an-era-of-extremes/
- The Wall Street Journalhttps://www.wsj.com/news/author/5476
- NPRhttps://legacy.npr.org/programs/day/transcripts/2005/apr/050401.pesca.html
- New York Sunhttps://www.nysun.com/new-york/bias-of-massad-is-being-noted-in-his-classes/8799
- Yale Daily Newshttps://yaledailynews.com/blog/2005/01/19/little-bias-in-nelc-students-say/
- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/01/education/panels-report-on-faculty-at-columbia-spurs-debate.html
- The Village Voicehttps://web.archive.org/web/20200716202030/https://www.villagevoice.com/2005/04/05/columbia-whitewashes-itself/
- Brown Daily Heraldhttps://www.browndailyherald.com/2005/04/07/columbia-report-addresses-antisemitism-charges/
- How to Fight Anti-Semitismhttps://books.google.com/books?id=dx2pDwAAQBAJ&q=how+to+fight+anti-semitism
- The Intercepthttps://theintercept.com/2018/03/08/the-nyts-bari-weiss-falsely-denies-her-years-of-attacks-on-the-academic-freedom-of-arab-scholars-who-criticize-israel/
- The New Yorkerhttps://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/04/14/the-petition
- Haaretzhttps://www.haaretz.com/1.4961332
- Arizona Jewish Lifehttps://azjewishlife.com/bari-weiss-a-moderate-in-an-era-of-extremes/
- Esquirehttps://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a14428464/gop-never-trump/
- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/business/media/bari-weiss-resignation-new-york-times.html
- HuffPosthttps://www.huffpost.com/entry/new-york-times-opinion-james-bennet_n_5a8db27de4b0273053a70f47
- The New York Observerhttps://observer.com/2020/07/bari-weiss-resignation-new-york-times-free-speech/
- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/30/opinion/cultural-appropriation.html
- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/01/opinion/womens-march-progressives-hate.html
- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/27/opinion/im-glad-the-dyke-march-banned-jewish-stars.html
- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/03/opinion/on-intersectionality.html
- The Musehttps://themuse.jezebel.com/oh-cute-the-new-york-times-is-endorsing-cultural-appro-1798628228
- pastemagazine.comhttps://www.pastemagazine.com/politics/bari-weiss/nyt-writer-cheers-for-cultural-appropriation-clear/
- Willamette Weekhttps://www.wweek.com/culture/2017/09/06/recent-new-york-times-opinion-piece-citing-kooks-burritos-completely-misses-the-mark-on-cultural-appropriation/
- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/19/opinion/metoo-ansari-harassment.html
- "Everyone is picking sides over the Aziz Ansari story"https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/16/entertainment/aziz-ansari-debate
- "Growing pains for #MeToo as Ansari tale sparks backlash talk"https://cn.reuters.com/article/instant-article/idUSKBN1F72RA
- HuffPosthttps://www.huffpost.com/entry/bari-weiss-new-york-times-fake-twitter_n_5aa100a0e4b0d4f5b66d9ba3
- Poynterhttps://www.poynter.org/newsletters/2020/breaking-down-the-controversial-resignation-of-new-york-times-opinion-writer-bari-weiss/
- Washington Posthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2018/03/10/a-new-york-times-columnist-blamed-a-far-left-mob-for-her-woes-but-maybe-she-deserves-them/
- National Reviewhttps://www.nationalreview.com/corner/intellectual-dark-web-bari-weiss/
- Spectator USAhttps://spectator.us/autopsy-intellectual-dark-web/
- Jacobin Magazinehttps://jacobinmag.com/2020/07/intellectual-dark-web-michael-brooks
- Voxhttps://www.vox.com/2020/6/5/21280425/new-york-times-tom-cotton-send-troops-staff-revolt
- Current Affairshttps://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2018/05/pretty-loud-for-being-so-silenced
- TheHillhttps://thehill.com/homenews/media/501576-nyt-editorial-page-director-resigns-after-tom-cotton-op-ed-controversy
- bariweiss.comhttps://www.bariweiss.com/resignation-letter
- CNN Businesshttps://www.cnn.com/2020/07/14/media/bari-weiss-resigns-new-york-times/index.html
- Fox Newshttps://www.foxnews.com/media/bari-weiss-ny-times-letter-trump-jr-cruz-conservatives
- Business Insiderhttps://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-jr-republicans-new-york-times-editor-bari-weiss-2020-7
- "Andrew Yang, Donald Trump Jr., and NY Times Staff React to Bari Weiss' Resignation"https://jewishjournal.com/news/318959/andrew-yang-donald-trump-jr-and-ny-times-staff-react-to-bari-weiss-resignation/
- City Journalhttps://www.city-journal.org/bari-weiss-new-york-times
- Los Angeles Timeshttps://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-07-14/bari-weiss-new-york-times-resignation
- New York Daily Newshttps://web.archive.org/web/20201203022222/https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-a-fine-whine-at-the-times-20200715-fvl3uuoh5rdkras5uqd4iynafa-story.html
- The New Republichttps://web.archive.org/web/20210103093242/https://newrepublic.com/article/158535/self-cancellation-bari-weiss
- The Guardianhttps://web.archive.org/web/20201230111359/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/15/bari-weiss-new-york-times-resignation-cancel-culture
- Financial Timeshttps://www.ft.com/content/5d840a5c-fa0c-4d08-9574-59f0d3e8c703
- Fox Newshttps://www.foxnews.com/media/bari-weiss-view-sunny-hostin-whoopi-goldberg-court-packing
- The Daily Beasthttps://www.thedailybeast.com/the-views-sunny-hostin-schools-bari-weiss-on-court-packing
- "Ex NY Times Writer Bari Weiss Rails 'Against Woke Culture' in NY Post Op-Ed"https://www.thewrap.com/bari-weiss-ny-post/
- Los Angeleshttps://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/bari-weiss-twitter-substack-columnist/
- Deadlinehttps://deadline.com/2021/02/gina-carano-the-mandalorian-firing-actress-responds-social-media-1234694755/
- The Independenthttps://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/gina-carano-mandalorian-tweets-bari-weiss-b1803259.html
- The Free Presshttps://bariweiss.substack.com/p/we-cant-wait-for-universities-to
- "Elon Musk and Bari Weiss Squabble After She Blasts His Twitter 'Regime'"https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-and-former-bestie-bari-weiss-squabble-after-she-blasts-his-twitter-regime
- "Elon Musk's Chosen Journalist For 'Twitter Files' Scolds Him For Free Speech Assault"https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bari-weiss-elon-musk-twitter-files-censorship_n_639d15c4e4b0f4895adb91da
- The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/dec/10/refaat-alareer-book-gaza-palestine-poet
- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/12/08/world/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news/refaat-alareer-gaza-poet?smid=url-share
- The Washington Posthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/10/03/cbs-news-bari-weiss-skydance-paramount/
- Intelligencerhttps://archive.is/D3VkP
- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/business/media/cbs-news-bari-weiss-60-minutes.html
- The Independenthttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/cbs-news-bari-weiss-editor-reaction-b2839064.html
- The Intercepthttps://theintercept.com/2025/10/03/cbs-news-bari-weiss-david-ellison/
- CNNhttps://www.cnn.com/2025/11/02/media/trump-cbs-60-minutes-norah-odonnell-ellison-bari-weiss
- The Independenthttps://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/cbs-news-fired-8-air-201604998.html
- Folkenflik, Davidhttps://www.npr.org/2025/12/22/g-s1-103282/cbs-chief-bari-weiss-pulls-60-minutes-story
- CNN Businesshttps://www.cnn.com/2025/12/22/media/bari-weiss-60-minutes-cecot-cbs-alfonsi-ellison
- CNNhttps://www.cnn.com/2025/12/22/media/60-minutes-cecot-bari-weiss-canada-global-tv
- The Times of Israelhttps://www.timesofisrael.com/conservative-ny-times-columnists-slam-israel-for-bds-paranoia/
- The Daily Dothttps://www.dailydot.com/layer8/bari-weiss-nra-donald-trump/
- Business Insiderhttps://www.businessinsider.com/bari-weiss-brett-kavanaugh-sexual-assault-comments-2018-9
- Haaretzhttps://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/leading-right-wing-nyt-columnists-slam-israel-over-detention-of-u-s-student-1.6546688
- Al Jazeerahttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/6/conservative-writer-bari-weiss-named-editor-in-chief-of-cbs-news
- YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjV7EDuL21M
- Testa, Jessica (6 October 2025). "How Bari Weiss Won". The New York Times, fifth paragraph. Retrieved 9 October 2025.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/business/media/bari-weiss-free-press-cbs-news.html
- Treisman, Rachel (8 October 2025). "Who is Bari Weiss? CBS News' new editor-in-chief is a vocal critic of legacy media"https://www.npr.org/2025/10/06/nx-s1-5563786/bari-weiss-cbs-news-free-press#
- The Washington Posthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2018/03/10/a-new-york-times-columnist-blamed-a-far-left-mob-for-her-woes-but-maybe-she-deserves-them/
- The Washington Posthttps://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Bari-Weiss-resigns-from-New-York-Times-says-15407339.php
- The New Republichttps://newrepublic.com/post/201302/bari-weiss-cbs-editor-in-chief
- Jewish Telegraphic Agencyhttps://www.jta.org/2018/02/02/united-states/how-new-york-times-editor-bari-weiss-found-herself-at-the-center-of-the-metoo-debate
- Times of Israelhttps://www.timesofisrael.com/in-jaffa-groupthink-opponent-bari-weiss-touts-going-against-the-grain/
- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/11/business/media/bari-weiss-free-press.html
- www.advocate.comhttps://www.advocate.com/news/who-is-cbs-bari-weiss
- Los Angeles Blade: LGBTQ News, Rights, Politics, Entertainmenthttps://www.losangelesblade.com/2023/05/14/aapa-conference-cancels-anti-trans-bari-weiss-after-complaints/
- Themhttps://www.them.us/story/bari-weiss-cbs-news-free-press-anti-trans
- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/10/opinion/israel-lara-alqasem-bds.html
- Haaretzhttps://www.haaretz.com/jewish/bari-weiss-to-bill-maher-anti-semitism-is-also-a-conspiracy-theory-1.6617676
- The Jerusalem Posthttps://www.jpost.com/diaspora/bari-weiss-resigns-from-new-york-times-citing-culture-of-groupthink-635052
- The Daily Beasthttps://www.thedailybeast.com/cnn-medical-analyst-dr-jonathan-reiner-slams-bari-weiss-for-saying-she-is-done-with-covid
- Forbeshttps://www.forbes.com/sites/timlammers/2025/03/28/antisemitism-documentary-october-8-gets-digital-streaming-date/
- The Jerusalem Posthttps://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-829121
- The Forwardhttps://forward.com/schmooze/423163/bari-weiss-dated-kate-mckinnon-but-doesnt-want-political-points-unlike-for/
- "The Only Good Takeaway From That Bari Weiss Profile"https://www.thecut.com/2019/04/the-only-good-takeaway-from-that-bari-weiss-profile.html
- Gilbert, Andrew (March 2, 2021)."S.F.-raised journalist's path to Judaism started on a date with Bari Weiss", J. The Jewhttps://www.jweekly.com/2021/03/02/s-f-natives-journalistic-path-to-judaism-started-on-a-date-with-bari-weiss/
- The Informationhttps://www.theinformation.com/articles/bari-weiss-brings-the-culture-wars-home
- The Timeshttps://www.thetimes.com/article/bari-weiss-the-queen-of-free-speech-and-anti-woke-warrior-9369xb3fk
- The Christian Science Monitorhttps://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/2025/0214/nellie-bowles-the-free-press-tgif-columnist
- "Bari Weiss on X"https://x.com/bariweiss/status/177556861755351040
- Jewish Book Councilhttps://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/awards/national-jewish-book-awards/past-winners?category=30741
- The Jerusalem Posthttps://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Jewish-Book-Council-announces-2019-National-Jewish-Book-Awards-Winners-614601
- Los Angeles Press Clubhttps://lapressclub.org/bari-weiss-daniel-pearl/
- "Twitter Files Awarded Inaugural Dao Prize for Excellence In Investigative Journalism"https://finance.yahoo.com/news/twitter-files-awarded-inaugural-dao-110000474.html
- The Wall Street Journalhttps://www.wsj.com/business/media/bari-weisss-surging-news-startup-lures-readers-miffed-at-media-coverage-of-israel-07861ea4
- "Jewish 'New York Times' writer to pen book on antisemitism Bari Weiss signed a two-book deal with Crown Publishing"https://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Antisemitism/Jewish-New-York-Times-writer-to-pen-book-on-antisemitism-581812