Robby Soave
{{Short description|American journalist}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Robby Soave
| image = Robby Soave by Gage Skidmore.jpg
| caption = Soave speaking at an event in Washington, D.C. in 2015
| birth_name = Robert Emil Soave Jr.
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|8|8}}
| birth_place = Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
| death_date =
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| education = University of Michigan (BA)
| spouse = {{marriage|Carrie Strasz|2014}}
}}
Robert Emil Soave Jr. ({{IPAc-en|s|w|ɑː|v|eɪ}}, {{respell|SWAH|vay}}){{cite tweet |first=Robby|last=Soave|user=robbysoave |number=1154039279112224770 |title=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.}} is an American libertarian journalist. He is a senior editor for Reason and co-host of The Hill{{'}}s web news commentary series program Rising.{{cite book|last=Soave|first=Robby|year=2019|title=Panic Attack: Young Radicals in the Age of Trump|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=dZNJDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Robert+Emil+Soave%2C+Jr.%22&pg=PT228|location=New York, NY|publisher=St. Martin's Press|isbn=9781250169907}}
Early life and education
Soave was born in and grew up in the Indian Village district{{Cn|date=June 2024}} of Detroit and graduated from the University of Michigan.
Career
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".{{Cite web|date=March 17, 2017|title=Were the student protests at Middlebury a threat to free speech? Two writers duke it out.|url=https://www.mic.com/articles/171420/were-the-student-protests-at-middlebury-a-threat-to-free-speech-two-writers-duke-it-out|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830223125/https://www.mic.com/articles/171420/were-the-student-protests-at-middlebury-a-threat-to-free-speech-two-writers-duke-it-out|archive-date=2022-08-30|access-date=2021-09-13|website=Mic|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=October 18, 2016|title=2016 30 Under 30: Law & Policy|url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/gimh45jig/robby-soave-27/|access-date=2021-09-13|website=Forbes|language=en}} He was named in Forbes
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.{{cite web|last1=Soave|first1=Robby|date=June 17, 2019|title=Robby Soave's New Book, Panic Attack: Young Radicals in the Age of Trump, Hits Stores Tomorrow|url=https://reason.com/2019/06/17/robby-soaves-new-book-panic-attack-young-radicals-in-the-age-of-trump-hits-stores-tomorrow/|website=Reason}}{{cite web |last1=Weissmueller |first1=Zach |last2=Soave |first2=Robby |title=Young Radicals Against Free Speech: Reason's Robby Soave on His New Book, Panic Attack |url=https://reason.com/podcast/2019/06/14/young-radicals-against-free-speech-reasons-robby-soave-on-his-new-book-panic-attack/ |website=Reason |date=June 14, 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Bauer-Wolf |first1=Jeremy |title=Author skewers campus culture wars in new book |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/06/19/author-skewers-campus-culture-wars-new-book |work=Inside Higher Ed |date=June 19, 2019 |language=en}} 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."{{cite news |last1=Conroy |first1=J. Oliver |title=Panic Attack review: a wake-up call the woke won't read |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/jul/28/panic-attack-review-robby-soave-tucker-carlson-meghan-mccain |work=The Guardian |date=July 28, 2019 |language=en}}
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,{{cite magazine |last1=Geek's Guide to the Galaxy |title=What If Panic Over Social Media Is Overblown? |url=https://www.wired.com/2021/10/geeks-guide-social-media-panic/ |magazine=Wired |date=October 15, 2021|author1-link=Geek's Guide to the Galaxy }} and argues that increased regulation of platforms like Twitter and Facebook could stifle free speech and do more harm than good.{{cite web |title=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 |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-982159-59-7 |website=Publishers Weekly |language=en |date=September 27, 2021}}
Personal life
He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife, Carrie, and he serves on the D.C. Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.{{Cite web|title=Robby Soave|url=https://reason.com/people/robby-soave|access-date=2021-09-10|website=Reason.com|language=en-US}}
Bibliography
- [https://www.amazon.com/Panic-Attack-Young-Radicals-Trump/dp/1250169887 Panic Attack: Young Radicals in the Age of Trump] (All Points Books, 2019)
- [https://www.amazon.com/Tech-Panic-Shouldnt-Facebook-Future/dp/1982159596 Tech Panic: Why We Shouldn't Fear Facebook and the Future] (All Points Books, 2021)
References
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External links
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- [https://reason.com/people/robby-soave/ Author profile and articles] at Reason.com
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- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IC01C51q-s Wow: Wikipedia BANS the ADL as a Source on Israel/Palestine Conflict], Soave talks about Wikipedia, 2024 The Hill video
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Category:American libertarians
Category:University of Michigan alumni
Category:21st-century American journalists
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