Michael Barbaro Biography
Michael Barbaro is an American media personality serving as the host of The Daily, a five-day-a-week audio show from The New York Times. Before hosting The Daily, Barbaro was a national political correspondent for The New York Times and host of The Run-up, a political podcast that chronicled the 2016 election.
Michael Barbaro Age
Barbaro is 44 years old as of June 2024. He was born on October 12, 1979, in New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
Michael Barbaro Height
He is tall but his exact height is undisclosed.
Michael Barbaro Nationality
He holds American nationality.
Michael Barbaro Education
Barbaro graduated from Yale University in 2002 with a degree in history. During his time at the University, he reported for the Yale Daily News and later became its editor-in-chief, overseeing a staff of nearly 100 student writers. In high school, Barbaro wrote for Hamden Hall’s official newspaper, The Advent. Barbaro, with classmate and future New York Times colleague Ross Douthat, also co-founded and ran the school’s underground newspaper, La Verité.
Michael Barbaro Parents
Michael is the son of Jean Barbaro and Frank Barbaro. He grew up in North Haven, Connecticut alongside his sister Tracy Barbaro who works at Harvard University as a research lab coordin ator. His mother, Jean, worked as a library media specialist at Anna Reynolds Elementary School in Newington, Connecticut. His father, Frank, was a New Haven, Connecticut city firefighter. Michael and Tracy attended Hamden Hall Country Day School in Hamden, Connecticut. The siblings delivered the New Haven Register every weekday in middle school at 6 am. Michael’s mother is Jewish and he also identifies as Jewish.
Michael Barbaro Wife
Michael is currently married to Lisa Tobin, The Daily executive producer. The Daily is The New York Times’ Podcast and Michael is its host. They got married in 2020 and share a daughter. Before his marriage to Lisa, Michael married Timothy Levin, a Yale graduate and founder of BespokeEducation, from 2014 to 2018.
Michael Barbaro Podcast
Barbaro is the host of The Daily, a five-day-a-week audio show from The New York Times. In just one year, the show has built an audience of over one million listeners a day; become the most-downloaded new show in 2017 on Apple Podcasts; won a DuPont-Columbia University Award for audio excellence; and been named a top podcast of the year by Time, Entertainment Weekly, The Atlantic, Esquire, Adweek, The New Yorker and New York Magazine.
Before hosting The Daily, Barbaro was a national political correspondent for The New York Times and host of The Run-up, a political podcast that chronicled the 2016 election.
Previously, he covered New York’s City Hall and the U.S. retail industry. He joined The New York Times in 2005 from The Washington Post, where he began in 2002 as a reporter covering the biotechnology industry. As a teenager, he aspired to be the Times’ Jerusalem Bureau Chief.
Michael Barbaro Salary
His salary is under review.
Michael Barbaro Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $10 million as of June 2024.
