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Lovett in 2017
Born
August 17, 1982 (age 38)
Woodbury, New York, U.S.
Alma materWilliams College
Occupation
  • Speechwriter
  • podcaster
  • television producer
  • screenwriter
  • comedian
Years active2004–present
Political partyDemocratic
Partner(s)Ronan Farrow (2011–present; engaged)

Jonathan Ira Lovett (born August 17, 1982) is an American podcaster, comedian, and former speechwriter. Lovett is a co-founder of Crooked Media, along with fellow former White House staffers during the Obama administration, Jon Favreau and Tommy Vietor.[1] Lovett is a regular host of the Crooked Media podcasts Pod Save America and Lovett or Leave It. As a speechwriter, he worked for President Barack Obama as well as for Hillary Clinton when she was a United States Senator and a 2008 presidential candidate. Lovett also co-created the NBC sitcom 1600 Penn, and was a writer and producer on the third season of HBO's The Newsroom.

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We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Jon Lovett is a writer based in Los Angeles. He previously served for three years as a speechwriter to President Obama in the White House. A Twitter Short Story. The loneliness of Chief. Jon Lovett, Writer: 1600 Penn. Jon Lovett was born in Woodbury, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for 1600 Penn (2012), The Newsroom (2012) and Running with Beto (2019).

Early life and education[edit]

Lovett was born in Woodbury, Long Island[2] to a Reform Jewish family of Ukrainian ancestry[3] that operated a box factory started by his grandfather.[4] He attended Syosset High School. Lovett graduated from Williams College in 2004 with a degree in mathematics.[5] His senior thesis, Rotating Linkages in a Normed Plane[6] led to a related publication on the same topic in American Mathematical Monthly.[7] Lovett was also the 2004 Williams College Class Speaker at his commencement.[8] After graduation, Lovett spent a year working as a paralegal and doing stand-up comedy on the side.[5]

Political speechwriter[edit]

Lovett (fourth from left) with President Obama and other speechwriters in 2011

In 2004, Lovett volunteered for John Kerry's presidential campaign. He was asked to write a statement for the candidate, and his work led to an offer of a writing internship.[9] Then, he briefly worked in Jon Corzine'sSenate office.[6] He was hired in 2005 to assist Sarah Hurwitz as a speechwriter for then-Senator Hillary Clinton,[6] and he continued to write speeches for her through her 2008 presidential campaign.[9]

When Clinton lost the 2008 Democratic primary contest, Lovett won an anonymous contest to write speeches for PresidentBarack Obama in the White House.[9] Lovett wrote speeches in the Obama administration for three years, working closely with Jon Favreau and David Axelrod.[4] Prominent speeches that he wrote include policy speeches on financial reform and don't ask, don't tell,[6] as well as remarks at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.[10]

Lovett secretly officiated the first same-sex marriage in the White House, before the Obama administration supported same-sex marriage.[10][11][12]

Media career[edit]

Television[edit]

Before Barack Obama ran for reelection, Lovett moved to California to become a screenwriter,[13][14] citing a desire to write independently and focus on creative comedy full-time.[6] Lovett collaborated with Josh Gad and Jason Winer on the television series 1600 Penn, of which Lovett was a co-creator, executive producer, and writer from 2012 until its cancellation in 2013.[15] Lovett then worked as a writer, producer, and advisor on season three of HBO's The Newsroom.[10] From 2012 to 2015, Lovett also contributed opinion pieces to venues like The Atlantic.[16]

Crooked Media[edit]

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Starting in March 2016, Lovett co-hosted The Ringer's political podcast Keepin' it 1600 with former fellow Obama staffers Jon Favreau, Dan Pfeiffer, and Tommy Vietor.[17] The podcast was intended to cover the 2016 presidential race, and not expected to continue after that.[18] But after the November 2016 election, Lovett, Favreau and Vietor wished to become engaged in politics again without having to leave Los Angeles or return to political campaigning.[18] So they founded a liberal media company, Crooked Media, with the flagship podcast Pod Save America.[19] Crooked Media, and Pod Save America in particular, has been compared to previous left-wing efforts like Air America to match America's Conservative talk radio, and Lovett has been characterized as providing comic relief to the programming.[18] The company has since launched a range of podcasts, several of which regularly feature Lovett.

In March 2017, Lovett began hosting Lovett or Leave It, a panel show podcast produced by Crooked Media.[20] The podcast, typically recorded in front of a live audience in Los Angeles, with Lovett and Crooked Media, embarked on national and international tours featuring live versions of both Pod Save America and Lovett or Leave It.[21] Lovett was also involved in launching Crooked Media's voter recruitment and education project, Vote Save America.[22]

Personal life[edit]

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Lovett is gay.[14] He and investigative journalist and author Ronan Farrow have been romantically involved since 2011.[23][24] In October 2019, Farrow published Catch and Kill, where he publicly announced their engagement; he had proposed to Lovett in an earlier draft of the book.[25][26]

References[edit]

  1. ^'Team'. Crooked Media. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  2. ^'Dysfunctional first family'. Jewish Journal. February 6, 2013. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  3. ^Jon Lovett (September 28, 2019). 'Lovett or Leave It'. crooked.com (Podcast). Crooked Media. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  4. ^ ab'Talking Trump Transition With President Obama Speechwriter Jon Lovett'. Hugh Hewitt. November 22, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  5. ^ ab'Creative Artists Agency Bio'. Creative Artists Agency. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  6. ^ abcdeHorowitz, Jason (September 2, 2011). 'Jon Lovett's written for the president, but will that get him to Hollywood?'. The Washington Post. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  7. ^'American Mathematical Monthly August-September 2007'. Mathematical Association of America. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  8. ^'Commencement 2004'. Williams College. June 6, 2004. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  9. ^ abc'Jon Lovett speaks on politics, election season'. The Tufts Daily. October 15, 2012. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  10. ^ abc'Aspen Ideas Festival Bio'. Aspen Ideas Festival. 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  11. ^'FIREWORKS EDITION – REVEALED: A clandestine gay wedding in the White House during Obama's first term (officiant: Jon Lovett) – CHRISTIE to return to MORNING JOE after 18 months – SCOTT WALKER joins Sn'. POLITICO. Retrieved September 15, 2018.
  12. ^'Obama's Former Speechwriter Reportedly Held Secret Same-Sex Marriage at the White House'. July 7, 2015. Retrieved September 15, 2018.
  13. ^'Q&A: Jon Lovett, Former Obama Speechwriter, on His NBC Comedy 1600 Penn'. Time Magazine. January 10, 2013. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  14. ^ ab'White House Speechwriter Leaving for Hollywood'.
  15. ^'Jon Lovett Filmography'. IMDb. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  16. ^'All Stories by Jon Lovett'. 2020. Retrieved January 31, 2020.
  17. ^''Obama bros' learn to love Hillary'. Politico. October 6, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  18. ^ abcZengerle, Jason (November 22, 2017). 'The Voices in Blue America's Head'. The New York Times. Retrieved January 31, 2020.
  19. ^Rutenberg, Jim, Opposition and a Shave: Former Obama Aides Counter Trump, Media, The New York Times, March 20, 2017
  20. ^'Obama's former speechwriter launches new podcast'. iNews. March 22, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  21. ^'Pod Save America announces nationwide tour'. Consequence of Sound. August 16, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  22. ^Lidsky, David (October 13, 2018). 'The Pod Save America TV show is not going to save democracy–or even your Friday nights'. Fast Company. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  23. ^'Full transcript: Journalist Ronan Farrow on Recode Decode'. Vox. Vox Media. May 4, 2019. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
  24. ^Lear, Norman (2017). 'Jon Lovett'. All of the Above with Norman Lear. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
  25. ^Farrow, Ronan (October 15, 2019). Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators. Little, Brown and Company.
  26. ^Arnold, Amanda (October 16, 2019). 'Ronan Farrow Proposed to His Fiancé in a Draft of Catch and Kill'. The Cut. Retrieved October 17, 2019.

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External links[edit]

  • Appearances on C-SPAN

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