| Rachel Smolkin | |
| Education: | B.A. Brown University |
| Alma Mater: | Columbia University |
| Occupation: | Journalist Editor |
Rachel Smolkin is an American journalist who works as the Vice President and Executive Editor of CNN Politics for CNN where she oversees all of CNN's political coverage.[1]
Smolkin is the daughter of Mitchell T. and Laura B. Smolkin.[2] She graduated magna cum laude from Brown University and is a graduate of the Sulzberger Executive Leadership Program at Columbia University. After school she worked as a journalist for the Philadelphia Inquirer.[3] She then worked as an editor at USA Today; managing editor of American Journalism Review magazine; and the managing editor at Politico. In August 2014,[4] she was hired as the Executive Editor of CNN Politics where she built their digital team which consists of over 50 reporters, editors and social producers including Greg Krieg,[5] Dan Berman,[6] Dylan Byers,[7] Tal Kopan,[8] Stephen Collinson,[9] and Zach Wolf.[10]
Smolkin lives in Arlington, Virginia with her husband and two children.