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American author, host and journalist
Robby Soave
Born Robert Emil Soave Jr.
(1988-08-08 ) August 8, 1988 (age 35) Education
University of Michigan (
BA ) Spouse
Carrie Strasz
(
m. 2014)
Robert Emil Soave Jr. (,
SWAH -vay )
[1] is a
libertarian American journalist who is a senior editor for
Reason and co-host of
The Hill ' s web news commentary series program
Rising .
[2]
[3]
Soave was born in and grew up in the
Indian Village district of
Detroit and graduated from the
University of Michigan . In 2015, he won a Southern California Journalism Award from the
Los Angeles Press Club for his writing about the
Rolling Stone story "
A Rape on Campus ".
[4]
[5] He was named in
Forbes
' "30 under 30" list in 2016.
[5] In 2019, he gained media attention for his writings defending the
Covington Catholic High School students involved in the
Lincoln Memorial confrontation .
[6]
[7]
[8] He lives in
Washington, D.C. , with his wife, where he serves on the D.C. Advisory Committee to the
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights .
[9]
In Soave's first book, Panic Attack: Young Radicals in the Age of Trump , he profiles young
progressive activists as well as those on the political right, and discusses issues such as
intersectionality ,
political correctness , and free speech on college campuses.
[10]
[3]
[11] Writing in
The Guardian , reviewer J. Oliver Conroy called Panic Attack "a methodical, earnest and often insightful work of reporting and analysis, not a fiery polemic."
[12] In his second book, Tech Panic: Why We Shouldn't Fear Facebook and the Future , Soave questions conventional wisdom about the negative effects of
social media ,
[13] and argues that increased regulation of platforms like
Twitter and
Facebook could stifle free speech and do more harm than good.
[14]
Soave lives in
Washington, D.C. with his wife, Carrie.
[15]
References
^ Soave, Robby [@robbysoave] (July 24, 2019).
"I pronounce it 'swah - vay.' Not everyone in my family does, though. It's like that in its original Italian, and I prefer this to the American-ized version" (
Tweet ) – via
Twitter .
^ Soave, Robby (2019).
Panic Attack: Young Radicals in the Age of Trump . New York, NY: St. Martin's Press.
ISBN
9781250169907 .
^
a
b Weissmueller, Zach; Soave, Robby (June 14, 2019).
"Young Radicals Against Free Speech: Reason's Robby Soave on His New Book, Panic Attack " .
Reason .
^
"Were the student protests at Middlebury a threat to free speech? Two writers duke it out" .
Mic . March 17, 2017.
Archived from the original on 2022-08-30. Retrieved 2021-09-13 .
^
a
b
"2016 30 Under 30: Law & Policy" .
Forbes . October 18, 2016. Retrieved 2021-09-13 .
^ Beauchamp, Zack (2019-01-23).
"The real politics behind the Covington Catholic controversy, explained" . Vox . Retrieved 2021-09-10 .
^ Uyehara, Mari (2019-01-25).
"Who's Complicit in the Covington Catholic Debacle?" .
GQ . Retrieved 2021-09-10 .
^ Serwer, Adam (2019-01-23).
"The Trump-Era Overcorrection" . The Atlantic . Retrieved 2021-09-10 .
^
"Robby Soave" . Reason.com . Retrieved 2021-09-10 .
^ Soave, Robby (June 17, 2019).
"Robby Soave's New Book, Panic Attack: Young Radicals in the Age of Trump , Hits Stores Tomorrow" .
Reason .
^ Bauer-Wolf, Jeremy (June 19, 2019).
"Author skewers campus culture wars in new book" .
Inside Higher Ed .
^ Conroy, J. Oliver (July 28, 2019).
"Panic Attack review: a wake-up call the woke won't read" .
The Guardian .
^
Geek's Guide to the Galaxy (October 15, 2021).
"What If Panic Over Social Media Is Overblown?" .
Wired .
^
"Nonfiction Book Review: Tech Panic: Why We Shouldn't Fear Facebook and the Future by Robby Soave. Threshold, $28 (256p) ISBN 978-1-982159-59-7" .
Publishers Weekly . September 27, 2021.
^
"Robby Soave, Author at Reason.com" .
Reason . Retrieved August 9, 2023 .
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