Emily Jashinsky

Emily Jashinsky is a journalist based in Washington, D.C. She is the host of After Party on MK Media, a co-host on the Breaking Points channel, and a columnist at UnHerd. Jashinsky also hosts a weekday show on Sirius XM.

From 2018 until 2024, Jashinsky worked as an editor at The Federalist, and host of the flagship podcast Federalist Radio Hour. She previously co-hosted “Rising Fridays with Ryan and Emily” for The Hill and covered politics as a commentary writer at the Washington Examiner.

From Camille Paglia to David Mamet and Marco Rubio to Marianne Williamson, Jashinsky has interviewed leading politicians and entertainers and appeared regularly as a guest on major television news programs, including “Fox News Sunday,” “The McLaughlin Group,” and “Washington Journal,” and podcasts including The Ezra Klein Show, Deconstructed, and The Brian Lehrer Show.

Her work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, the Telegraph, The Hill, RealClearPolitics, and more. Jashinsky’s on-the-ground coverage has taken her everywhere from investigations into cartel activity in Mexico to reporting live from anti-police riots in 2020 to the scene outside the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. She’s a frequent media critic and writes often on popular culture.

Jashinsky is a senior fellow at the Independent Women’s Forum. She was a 2021 James Madison Fellow at Hillsdale College and a 2025 Ifill fellow. From 2020 to 2024, Jashinsky taught young journalists as director of the National Journalism Center, where she remains a member of the board of governors. A graduate of George Washington University, she was born and raised in Wisconsin.