Emily Austin

For other uses, see Emily Austin (disambiguation).

Emily Austin (born May 24, 2001)^[1] is an American journalist, social media influencer and independent NBA broadcaster.^[2][3]

Emily Austin
Austin in 2023
Born	(2001-05-24) May 24, 2001 (age 24) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Alma mater	Hofstra University
Occupations	Journalist influencer broadcaster

Early life

Austin was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Israeli parents,^[4] and grew up on Long Island, New York.^[5][6] She went to North Shore Hebrew Academy for high school where she played tennis competitively.^[7] Austin graduated in 2019,^[8] and then attended Hofstra University to study journalism, but transferred to Touro University because of Hofstra's political climate.^{[6][9][10][7]}

Austin's parents are secular Jews, but she decided to keep kosher at a young age.^[11] She has visited Israel since her youth and follows Jewish traditions such as keeping kosher, making Kiddush, lighting Shabbat candles, and not working on Shabbat.^[6][9][11] She is fluent in Hebrew.^[7]

Career

Sports journalism

In 2021, Austin started her sports journalism career by reaching out to professional athletes for interviews during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, while she was still a sophomore journalism student at Hofstra University.^[6] A former athlete, Austin began interviewing athletes on Instagram for her vlog show, Daily Vibes with Emily Austin.^[6][12][13] This led her to working at MTV on Music Lives On. She also worked for Sports Illustrated as a host at NFL and boxing events.^[10][12]

In 2023, Austin started an NBA podcast called The Hoop Chat w/ Emily Austin which has featured NBA players,^[14][15][12] such as Josh Giddey,^[16] Grant Williams,^[17] Mitchell Robinson,^{[citation needed]} Immanuel Quickley,^{[citation needed]} Jalen Brunson,^[13] and Chet Holmgren.^[9] In April 2024, Austin began working with DAZN on their boxing coverage.^[7][18]

Other work

Austin has worked as a model.^[19] She was a judge at Miss Universe 2022.^[9][10] She joined the Israeli mission to the UN where she handles English communications and public relations.^[2][20] Austin has written for publications such as Newsweek.^[21] She has appeared several times as a panelist on the Fox News program Gutfeld!^[22] Since the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, Austin has been vocal on the issue of antisemitism,^[23] coming out in support of Israel on social media and visiting southern Israeli border communities in December 2023.^[23]