Batya Ungar-Sargon is the deputy opinion editor for Newsweek. She authored her first book, Bad News: How Woke Media is Undermining American Democracy, in 2021. 

Ungar-Sargon, who earned her PhD from UC Berkeley, has had her work appear in reputable outlets such as Newsweek, The New York Times, Daily Mail, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, New York Daily News, New York Post, VICE, VICE Australia, and VICE UK, among others. She has appeared on MSNBC, NBC, the Brian Lehrer Show, NPR, and at other media outlets.