Ryan Lizza ( New Yorker ) CNN, Wiki, Age, Bio, Family, Married, Parents

Name Ryan Lizza

Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB July 12, 1974. As of 2025, she is around 51 years old.

Wedding & Marriage / Wife / Partner / Girlfriend Married. Check the full bio for relationship details.

Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background

Introduction :

Ryan Lizza’s extreme passion for writing helps him cover profiles of the politically ‘rich and famous,’ as well as social and political events, superbly! His talent has endeared him to the public and politicians alike.

Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :

Ryan is a native of Dix Hills, New York.
He was born on July 12, 1974, to parents – Barbara and Frank Lizza Sr.
His father owns, and is the President of, the Twin County Recycling center in Hicksville, New York.
Ryan Lizza married his wife, Dr. Christina Irene Gillespie, on June 20, 2004.

Education : Qualifications, High School & College Info

Ryan completed his schooling at Berkshire School in Sheffield, Massachusetts. Berkshire is a co-educational, private boarding school.
In 1997, Lizza graduated with a B.A. (majoring in English and Mass Communications) from The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley).

Profession : Career, Salary and Net Worth

Ryan’s first assignment was “Hot Guns,” an Emmy Award-winning Frontline documentary awarded to him by the Center for Investigative Reporting, San Francisco.
He opted for a Senior Editor post at The New Republic in 1998. He stayed with the magazine until 2007.
From then on, until 2007, Ryan engaged in multitasking!
To begin with, he wrote tales related to the political arena for The Atlantic, in 2004.
However, it was the full profile on Barack Obama, which made this magazine famous.
Then again, The New York magazine was fortunate to gain his services from 2004 to 2006.
Between 2006 and 2007, Ryan started work with GQ, as its correspondent. His tasks included profiles and cover stories.
This is not all! Ryan continues with The New York Times, which he joined in 2007, as a Washington correspondent.
He is also a political analyst / commentator on CNN and CNN International, having joined the company in 2012.

Awards and Achievements :

Ryan was a finalist at the National Magazine Award presentation in 2008. He received a nomination for his excellent reporting on ex-President, Barack Obama.
His 2010 article on the ex-President’s efforts to have climate laws passed, fetched him the National Press Foundation Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress, Honorable Mention.
The same article brought him the Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting, Honorable Mention.
Ex-President Obama’s foreign policy featured predominantly in Ryan’s article, “The Consequentialist,” written in 2011. The National Press Club rewarded him with the Hood Award for Diplomatic Correspondence.
The crowning glory was the Aldo Beckman Memorial Award, which Ryan received on April 27, 2013. The White House Correspondents’ Association highly appreciated his journalistic excellence in reporting on Barack Obama’s re-election campaign in 2012.
He made it to the list of 50 Top Journalists brought out by The Washingtonian magazine. The magazine described him as someone, who could make readers change their existing mindsets about the real world.
Many fellow journalist admire Ryan’s thoughtful, independent perspectives on all topics under the ‘political’ sun! They believe that his cognitive abilities and skills in making readers ‘listen’ to him are unparalleled!