Alyona Leonidovna Minkovski (; born 30 January 1986) is a Russian American journalist, television host and commentator. In 2011, she was named on the Forbes 30 under 30 media list.[Michael Noer and Caroline Howard, "30 under 30", Forbes, 19 December 2011; page featuring Alyona Minkovski.]
Minkovski is currently a producer of American Metamorphosis.
Early life and education
Born in
Moscow, Minkovski was raised in
California. She is a daughter of the
United Russia politician and
figure skater Irina Rodnina and entrepreneur Leonid Minkovski, from a
Russian Jews family.
When she was 4, she immigrated to the United States with her family. She graduated with a B.A degree in politics from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Career
In 2017, she profiled
opposition activists running for office in Moscow's municipal elections for
The Nation and wrote about anti-Trump Russian-Americans for Fusion (now
Splinter News).
RT (2009–2012)
From 2009 to 2012, Minkovski hosted a political commentary program called
The Alyona Show on
RT America, which premiered when she was only 23 years old. The final edition of the program aired on 30 July 2012.
[Kevin Gosztola, A Farewell to RT's The Alyona Show , Firedoglake website, 30 July 2012.]
HuffPost Live (2012–2016)
From August 2012 to December 2016, Minkovski was a host for
HuffPost Live,
[ HuffPost Live Hosts: Meet All 10!, Huffington Post website, 12 August 2012.] Huffington Post's online network. In 2016, she covered the US election, traveling the country for primaries, conventions, and Presidential debates. She also created the branded programs
Political Junkies and
Free Speech Zone, and produced and hosted documentary and short form videos. In August 2016, Minkovski produced a documentary for
HuffPost about wrongful conviction titled
Stolen Time: Injustice in Brooklyn.
In 2014, she was nominated for a
GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Digital Journalism in coverage of bisexual activists holding a first ever forum at the White House.
Salon (2017)
In October 2017, Minkovski joined
Salon as a host for the live interview show
Salon Talks and as the producer and host of the
Salon Now video series.
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