John Aravosis

About Me

John Aravosis is a DC-based writer and political consultant, specializing in using the Internet for politics. He is the editor of AMERICAblog.com, one of America's top progressive political blogs, with over 300,000 unique visitors per month. John has a joint law degree and masters in foreign service from Georgetown, and his writing experience includes working as a stringer for the Economist magazine and RADAR. Washingtonian magazine’s annual “50 Best Journalists” issue named John one of “journalism's rising stars, those likely to have a major impact in coming years.” John has also been honored as one of the “Out 100,” and as one of the fifty “most powerful gay men and women in America.” John’s policy experience includes stints in the US Senate, the World Bank, and the Children's Defense Fund. John is also an occasional TV pundit, and has appeared on The O'Reilly Factor, Hardball with Chris Matthews, ABC News, Nightline, CNN and more. John speaks five languages and has visited or worked in 29 countries, including giving lectures about the Internet and politics (in English, French, Spanish, and Italian) in France, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Greece, Morocco, Indonesia and Cote d'Ivoire.

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Team Members

AMERICAblog Elections: The Right's Field Kombiz Matt Browner Hamlin Jason Rosenbaum Matt Ortega Jason Rosenbaum
AMERICAblog News Gabriel Arana ChrisDC InsideOutsider Naomi Seligman (LA) Timothy Beauchamp Marx Marvelous Richard Socarides Prof. David B. Cruz Jason Rosenbaum Joe Sudbay (DC) John Moyers mirth ablogphotos David BC Mark Fonseca Rendeiro Chris in Paris Jacki Schechner Gaius Publius 2  more
AMERICAblog Pets Chris in Paris Jason Rosenbaum Joe Sudbay (DC)
AMERICAblog Gay Paul Hogarth (SF) Mark Jason Rosenbaum Brad Luna Nick Seaver Naomi Seligman (LA) Chris in Paris Timothy Beauchamp Prof. David B. Cruz Liz Newcomb (LA) Gabriel Arana mirth Joe Sudbay (DC)