Emily Austin (journalist)

Emily Austin (born May 24, 2001) is an American journalist, social media influencer, model, actress, and independent NBA broadcaster.

Early life
Austin was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Israeli parents, and grew up on Long Island, New York. She went to North Shore Hebrew Academy for high school, graduating in 2019, and then attended Hofstra University to study journalism. Austin's parents are secular Jews, but she decided to keep kosher at a young age. She has visited Israel since her youth and follows Jewish traditions such as keeping kosher, making Kiddush, lighting Shabbat candles, and not working on Shabbat.

Sports journalism
In 2021, Austin started her sports journalism career by reaching out to professional athletes for interviews during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, while she was still a sophomore journalism student at Hofstra University. A former athlete, Austin began interviewing athletes on Instagram for her vlog show, Daily Vibes with Emily Austin. This led her to working at MTV on Music Lives On. She also worked for Sports Illustrated as a host at NFL and boxing events.

In 2023, Austin started an NBA podcast called The Hoop Chat w/ Emily Austin which has featured NBA players, such as Josh Giddey, Grant Williams, Mitchell Robinson, Immanuel Quickley, Jalen Brunson, and Chet Holmgren. In April 2024, Austin began working with DAZN on their boxing coverage.

Other work
Austin has worked as a model. She was a judge at Miss Universe 2022. She joined the Israeli mission to the UN where she handles English communications and public relations. Austin has written for publications such as Newsweek. She has appeared several times as a panelist on the Fox News program Gutfeld! Since the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, Austin has been vocal on the issue of antisemitism, coming out in support of Israel on social media and visiting southern Israeli border communities in December 2023.