
Jacob Soboroff is an MSNBC senior political and national correspondent who comes to the festival with the newly published "Firestorm," an in-depth look at the wildfires that devastated Los Angeles last year. Soboroff lives in L.A., where his brother lost his home in Pacific Palisades. Soboroff's previous book was The New York Times bestseller "Separated: Inside an American Tragedy," which explored the Trump administration’s child separation policy.
Awards: Walter Cronkite Award for Individual Achievement by a National Journalist + Hillman Prize for Broadcast Journalism


