Rick Klein

{{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Rick Klein | honorific_suffix = | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age |1976|11|21}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Rick Klein - IMDb |url=https://m.imdb.com/name/nm4309198/ |website=IMDb.com |access-date=6 May 2025}}</ref> | birth_place = Islip, NY | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | education = Princeton University, Bachelor of Arts, 1998 | occupation = {{hlist|Journalist}} | partner = | children = 2 | spouse = Laine Kaplowitz | awards = | website = ABCNews.com/politics }}

'''Rick Klein''' (born 1976)<ref name=Kurtz>{{Cite news|first= Judy|last= Kurtz|authorlink= |title= ABC's Rick Klein: Baseball card collector and Billy Joel fan who almost mowed down a senator |newspaper=The Hill|date=August 6, 2014 |url= https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/214424-abcs-rick-klein-baseball-card-collector-and-billy-joel-fan-who/ |via=|archive-url=| archive-date=|quote=And although he's all grown up now, the 37-year-old journalist still has...}}</ref> is an American journalist who serves as Vice President and Washington Bureau Chief for ABC News.

==Biography== Klein is the son of Esther (née Canetti) and Stuart Klein.<ref name=CJN>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= Laine Kaplowitz and Rick Klein were married recently in Cleveland. Rabbi Rosie Barron Haim officiated. |newspaper=Cleveland Jewish News|date=July 29, 2005 |url=https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/archives/klein-kaplowitz/article_0a087b6b-1721-5aa0-b016-dc89fa475990.html |via=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref><ref name=StuartObit>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= Stuart Robert Klein Obituary |newspaper=Tampa Bay Times|date= September 11, 2009|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/stuart-klein-obituary?id=52019013 |via=Legacy.com|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= Jack Samuel Canetti Obituary |newspaper=Tampa Bay Times |date= May 23, 2023|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/tampabaytimes/name/jack-canetti-obituary?id=10923276 |via=Legacy.com|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> His mother and father were both schoolteachers.<ref name=StuartObit/> He was raised in Babylon, New York<ref name=Kurtz/> on Long Island.<ref name=ABCBio>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= Rick Klein Official Biography |newspaper=ABC News|date=July 14, 2017 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/WN/rick-klein-official-biography/story?id=51404 |via=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> Klein is of Jewish descent.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Nate |last=Bloom |authorlink= Nate Bloom |title= Celebrity Jews |newspaper=J. The Jewish News of Northern California|date=August 15, 2024 |url=https://jweekly.com/2014/08/15/celebrity-jews-08-15-14/ |via=|archive-url=| archive-date=|quote=It’s rare when a prominent TV journalist casually divulges bits about his or her Jewish background. But I guess Rick Klein, 37, the political director of ABC News}}</ref> He graduated with a B.A. in politics from Princeton University where he also served as the editor-in-chief of ''The Daily Princetonian''.<ref name=ABCBio/> He started his career as a metro reporter for ''The Dallas Morning News'' and then ''The Boston Globe'' where he covered Congress and national politics.<ref name=ABCBio/> In 2007, he joined ABC News where he wrote The Note and later served as Senior Washington editor for ''World News with Diane Sawyer'', co-anchor for the network's digital coverage with Sam Donaldson and as an on-air political analyst.<ref name=ABCBio/> He was promoted to Political Director for ABC News, where he is tasked with overseeing and directing all of the network's political coverage.<ref name=ABCBio/> He held that role until 2024, when ABC News appointed him as Vice President and Washington Bureau Chief.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ABC News Veteran Rick Klein Named Vice President and Washington D.C. Bureau Chief |url=https://www.dgepress.com/abcnews/pressrelease/abc-news-veteran-rick-klein-named-vice-president-and-washington-d-c-bureau-chief/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Personal life== In 2005, he married Laine Kaplowitz in Cleveland, Ohio;<ref name=CJN/> they have 2 children and live in Washington D.C.<ref name=ABCBio/>

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