Emily Jashinsky is an American journalist based in Washington, D.C. She is the D.C. Correspondent at UnHerd and co-host of the show “Counter Points” with Ryan Grim on the Breaking Points channel, a Top 10 Politics podcast.
From 2018 until 2024, Emily worked as an editor at The Federalist, and host of the flagship podcast Federalist Radio Hour. She previously co-hosted “Rising Fridays with Ryan and Emily” for The Hill and covered politics as a commentary writer at the Washington Examiner.
Emily has interviewed leading politicians and entertainers and appeared regularly as a guest on major television news programs, including “Fox News Sunday,” “Media Buzz,” and “Washington Journal.” Her work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the Telegraph, The Hill, RealClearPolitics, and more.
Emily teaches young journalists at the National Journalism Center and is a senior fellow at the Independent Women’s Forum. She was a 2021 James Madison Fellow at Hillsdale College.
Emily is a graduate of George Washington University. While at GWU, Emily worked for two years as an intern for Christina Hoff Sommers at the American Enterprise Institute, where she assisted Sommers with research and fact-checking for the re-release of “War Against Boys.”
Emily was born and raised in Wisconsin.