Steve Kornacki

Stephan Joseph Kornacki (born August 22, 1979) is an American political journalist, writer, and television presenter. Kornacki is a national political correspondent for NBC News. He has written articles for Salon, The New York Observer, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, New York Daily News, New York Post, The Boston Globe, and The Daily Beast. Kornacki is the multimedia anchor and data analyst for much of MSNBC's The Place for Politics campaign coverage, which airs during Election Day in the United States since 2016. Early life and education Kornacki was born in Groton, Massachusetts, to Stephan Joseph Kornacki Sr. and Anne Bernadette (Ramonas). He has an older sister, Kathryn Kornacki, born in January 1978, who is a professor at Caldwell University. He went to Groton-Dunstable Regional High School. Kornacki attended Boston University and graduated with a degree in film and television. Career He started his journalism career as a reporter for PoliticsNJ.com, a New Jersey political news site owned by David Wildstein, where he worked from 2002 to 2006. He formerly co-hosted a political news series on News 12 New Jersey and reported on the U.S. Congress for Roll Call. His articles have been published in the New York Observer, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, The Boston Globe, and The Daily Beast. He is a former politics editor at Salon. Kornacki wrote an article for the New York Post stating that the Democratic Presidential Debate moderated by CNN in November 2007 was biased in favor of United States Senator Hillary Clinton. Further, Barack Obama and John Edwards were not given enough speaking time, according to his article.