Overview
Nomiki’s Bio
From Nomiki’s website:
Nomiki Konst is an investigative reporter, writer and talk show host regularly appearing on national media outlets discussing politics. She’s an Investigative Reporter for The Young Turks and was most recently the host of “The Filter,” a three-hour nightly show broadcasted nationally on SiriusXM Progress. Konst is also a Political Contributor for CBS News, a contributing columnist to The Hill and has a weekly guest spot on The Kelly File. She’s the founder of The Accountability Project, an investigative news start-up focused on corruption.
In 2016, Konst served on the DNC’s Platform Committee and as a national surrogate for the Bernie Sanders for President campaign.
Extended Biography
Extended biography from Nomiki's website:
Nomiki Konst is an investigative reporter, writer and talk show host regularly appearing on national media outlets discussing politics. She’s an Investigative Reporter for The Young Turks and was most recently the host of “The Filter,” a three-hour nightly show broadcasted nationally on SiriusXM Progress. Konst is also a Political Contributor for CBS News, a contributing columnist toThe Hill and has a weekly guest spot onThe Kelly File. She’s the founder of The Accountability Project, an investigative news start-up focused on corruption.
In 2016, Konst served on the DNC’s Platform Committee and as a national surrogate for the Bernie Sanders for President campaign. Previously, she was a surrogate for Draft Biden.
Following liberation from Col. Gadaffi in 2013, Konst worked in Libya with political party leaders, women and candidates on transitioning to a functional democratic state. She trained in communications and campaigns for the National Democratic Institute (NDI).
At 28-years-old, Konst vied to be the youngest woman ever to serve in Congress, running in her hometown, Tucson, AZ for the seat vacated by Rep. Giffords. She was recognized for challenging the status quo. Previously she managed Alliance Hollywood, an organization that gives members of the entertainment industry the training and tools for political advocacy.
Konst is an advocate for women, civic reform, gun reform and millennials. From her start on Hillary Clinton’s Senate campaign at 16 years old to serving as a National Co-Chair on Pres. Obama’s Re-Election campaign (Gen44), she’s worked in many areas of progressive politics, including organizing, communications, fundraising and media. Konst also worked in nonprofits and advocacy, from national campaigns against hydraulic fracturing to organ donation reform.
Before running for office, Konst was an at-large member of the Democratic National Committee Council and a National Co-Chair for Generation Forty Four, the under 45 professional fundraising arm of President Obama’s 2012 Re-Election campaign. She is a Truman National Security Project Partner, sits on the Board of Advisors for Running Start (LA) and Board of Directors for LaunchProgress and was named a Change.org Changemaker of the Year (2010). She also sat on the LA Board of the New Leaders Council and the Just Media Council. She was recently named a spokesperson for New Yorkers Against Gun Violence (NYAGV).
Konst regularly appears on Fox News, CNN, CBS, Fox Business Network, MSNBC, as well as NY 1, SiriusXM, HuffPost Live, Newsmax, CSPAN, ABC, CBC, BBC, France24 and NBC. She has contributed to and appeared in the The Washington Post, The Hill, CNN.com, NY Daily News, The Huffington Post, Politico, AZ Republic, City & State, WSJ, The Buffalo News, Mic and dozens of other publications. In 2009, Konst produced “Campaign Country,” a reality show pilot highlighting her mother’s NYS Senate Campaign. In 2011, she hosted a television news show pilot called “Millennials at the Table.” Konst also produced and hosted
The Accountability Podcast. Currently, Konst is writing a book on generational feminism.