CELESTE KATZ

ckatz1015@gmail.com @CelesteKatzNYC www.CelesteKatz.nyc (917) 952-3782

Covering the world of politics... and beyond

EXPERIENCE

Guest Host, Sirius XM, September 2016 - Present

Fill in on three-hour live talk radio programs, booking and interviewing in-studio and remote guests,
interacting with callers, delivering live reads and providing analysis of top political stories.

Senior Political Correspondent, Mic, January 2016 - August 2017

Covered national and presidential politics in written hard news, feature and analysis stories and via
multimedia formats, including Facebook Live and Periscope. Extensive travel. Co-hosted Mics flagship
election podcast with The Economist, Special Relationship, including marquee interviews and long-form
scriptwriting. Podcast picked by Poynter Institute readers as among the best journalism of the 16 cycle.

Correspondent, The Boston Globe, October 2015 - December 2015

Contributed coverage of the presidential election via enterprise stories and liveblogs.

Political Correspondent, New York Daily News, April 2000 - September 2015
Reported, wrote, designed, and edited breaking and enterprise coverage over four presidential, mayoral
and gubernatorial cycles in hard news, column and blog formats. Extensive sourcing and use of
multimedia; specialist in liveblog reporting and anchoring. Other beats: Education, crime, GA.

Staff Writer, The Providence Journal, May 1995 - March 2000

Produced in-depth work on government, law enforcement, U.S. Navy and Coast Guard, social services on
a breaking and enterprise basis; conceived and wrote colorful, widely read pop culture column.

Guest appearances: CNN, C-SPAN, MSNBC, FOX, CBS, NPR, Sirius XM, British and Australian
Broadcasting Corporation Radio, Ken Rudins Political Junkie, Tomorrow with Josh Topolsky.
Panelist/debate questioner: P oliticon 2016; the Columbia, NYU and CUNY Journalism Schools; and
NY1 News and WABC Radio.

EDUCATION
Brown University, Providence, RI, B.A., International Relations (Foreign Policy & Global Security)

MEMBERSHIPS, SKILLS, AND INTERESTS

Asian American Journalists Association, Online News Association, Journalism & Women Symposium,
Newswomens Club of New York, New York State Legislative Correspondents Association Alumni
Past Executive Editor, former Alumni Trustee and Student Mentor, The Brown Daily Herald
Brown Alumni Applicant Interviewing Program volunteer
Languages: Conversational Russian and French
Photography and photo editing / montage

References Provided On Request