Jason Riley Biography
Jason L. Riley is a conservative commentator and author from the United States. He serves on the editorial board of The Wall Street Journal. Riley is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute who has appeared on the Journal Editorial Report, Fox News, and C-SPAN.
How old is Jason Riley? – Age
He is 50 years old as of 8 July 2021. He was born in 1971 in Buffalo, New York, United States.
Jason Riley Family
He is the son of Buffalo’s Lee Riley and the late Ola Riley. His father worked as a social worker at the Buffalo Psychiatric Center, a residential psychiatric treatment hospital, before retiring. He graduated from the State University of New York at Buffalo with a bachelor’s degree in English and began his career in journalism at the Buffalo News and USA Today.
Jason Riley Wife
Riley married his journalist wife Naomi Schaefer Riley in 2004. They now live in New York with their three children.
Jason Riley Salary
Riley earns an annual salary of $83,207.
Jason Riley Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $5 Million.
Jason Riley Books
After joining the Journal in 1994, he was promoted to senior editorial page writer in 2000 and Editorial Board member in 2005. In 2015, he joined the Manhattan Institute, a public policy think tank focusing on urban issues. Let Them In, his 2008 book, argues for a more free-market-oriented immigration system in the United States. His second book, Please Stop Helping Us, about the government’s efforts to assist the black underclass, was released in 2014. False Black Power?, a study of why black political success has not translated into greater economic advancement, was published in 2017. Maverick, his most recent book, is a biography of the legendary economist and social theorist Thomas Sowa. Maverick, his most recent book, is a biography of the iconic economist and social theorist Thomas Sowell, and it will be released in May 2021. Riley will narrate the documentary film Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World in 2021.
Jason Riley Career
Riley is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a columnist for the Wall Street Journal, where he has been writing for over 20 years. Politics, economics, education, immigration, social inequality, and race are among the topics covered. He also speaks frequently in public and provides commentary for television and radio news outlets. In 1994, he began working for The Wall Street Journal as a copyreader on the national news desk in New York. He was appointed to the newly created position of editorial interactive editor in April 1996, and he joined the editorial board in 2005.