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Robin Pogrebin

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Robin Pogrebin
Born(1965-05-17)May 17, 1965(age 59)
NationalityAmerican
EducationYale University(BA)
Occupation(s)Journalist
Writer
Parent(s)Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Bert Pogrebin
FamilyAbigail Pogrebin(sister)

Robin Pogrebin(POG-re-bin;born May 17, 1965) has been a reporter forThe New York Timessince 1995, where she covers cultural institutions, the art world, architecture, and other subjects.

Biography[edit]

Pogrebin is the daughter of the writerLetty Cottin Pogrebinand Bert Pogrebin, a labor lawyer.[1]She is the identical twin sister ofAbigail Pogrebin,also a writer. She is a graduate ofYale University.

At theTimes,Pogrebin previously covered the media for the business desk and city news for the metro desk. She was also previously an associate producer forPeter Jennings' documentary unit atABC News,where she covered stories on subjects such asBosniaandHaiti.[2]Before that, she was a staff reporter for theNew York Observer,covering a range of subjects including city government, law and the restaurant business.[2]Pogrebin has occasionally written freelance pieces for publications such asArchitectural Digest,New York,Vogue,andDepartures.[3]

Pogrebin is also the author, withKate Kelly,ofThe Education of Brett Kavanaugh: An Investigation,a book aboutallegations from Kavanaugh's 2018 Supreme Court nomination hearingswhich was published in September 2019 from Portfolio Books, a division of Penguin Random House. Before Kavanaugh's confirmation in October, 2018, Pogrebin, who was a classmate of Kavanaugh at Yale, and Kelly, also at theTimes,were featured in a podcast about what the judge's classmates were saying concerning his nomination to theSupreme Court.[4]

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Personal life[edit]

In 1993, she married attorney Edward J. Klaris inNew Paltz,New York.They divorced in 2024.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ab"Weddings; Edward Klaris and Robin Pogrebin",New York Times, January 17, 1993.
  2. ^ab"Robin Pogrebin- The Municipal Art Society of New York".MAS.Retrieved17 March2013.
  3. ^"Times Topics: Robin Pogrebin".The New York Times.Retrieved2015-05-12.
  4. ^Barbaro, Michael(host),"Kavanaugh's classmates speak out" (27:03 min. audio),New York Times, October 2, 2018. Retrieved 2019-09-16.