Jason Ross is an American writer and seven-time
winner.
Early life and education
Ross grew up in
Chico, California
Chico ( ; Spanish for "little") is the most populous city in Butte County, California. Located in the Sacramento Valley region of Northern California, the city had a population of 101,475 in the 2020 census, reflecting an increase from 86,1 ...
, in the 1970s and 80s and graduated from
Chico Senior High School in 1988.
He attended the
University of California, Santa Barbara
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a public land-grant research university in Santa Barbara, California with 23,196 undergraduates and 2,983 graduate students enrolled in 2021–2022. It is part of the ...
, where he was a 1993 Collegiate Gold Circle Awards winner for his work at ''
Daily Nexus
The ''Daily Nexus'' is a campus newspaper at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).
''Daily Nexus'' lineage can be traced to the Santa Barbara State College student newspaper, ''The Eagle'', of the 1930s. After the college becam ...
''. He served as the news editor at ''Daily Nexus'' before being promoted to editor-in-chief
and graduated from UCSB in 1993.
Career
Journalism
Ross followed a journalism career and was a writer for his hometown ''
Chico News & Review'' after college.
The Daily Show
Ross joined ''
The Daily Show
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'' in 2002,
where he ended up spending 11 years, finally departing in June 2013. As a staff writer, he was awarded seven
Emmy Awards
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.
He also helped to write the show's two best-selling books, ''
America
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'' and ''
Earth
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''.
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Ross joined ''
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
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'' for the 2013–14 television season.
Personal life
Ross currently lives in
Los Angeles
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,
California
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.
He is married to Nicole Revere and has two children.
References
External links
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American television writers
American male television writers
Living people
People from Chico, California
University of California, Santa Barbara alumni
Writers from New York City
Screenwriters from New York (state)
Screenwriters from California
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American screenwriters
21st-century American male writers