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Michael Scott Hollash (born November 9, 1976) is an American political journalist and commentator. Currently, he is the founder and Editor In Chief of The Reform Report.

Hollash was born and raised in Brandon, FL, to a prominent farming family. He took an interest in media writing in high school, writing for the school paper, Smoke Signals. Upon graduating, he received a partial Drama scholarship to Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, FL, where he worked on the college radio station WXYB 1520AM The Hawk. After receiving his Associate in Arts degree, Hollash transferred to the University of South Florida for a semester before being admitted to the University of Tampa to complete his final year of college.

After college, Hollash started writing opinion editorial pieces in Tampa Bay-based community papers, addressing issues within the Tampa community. He eventually became a regular freelance commentary writer, with commentary articles and letters appearing frequently in Tampa's two major newspapers, the Tampa Tribune and Tampa Bay Times. In March 2016, Hollash's op-ed article "Trump Has Parallels To Reagan" was one of three articles nominated by the Tampa Bay Times' editorial board for the paper's March 2016 op-ed article of the month. During the tumultuous 2016 Presidential primaries, Hollash was hired as a Staff Writer for Newsmax TV's Dennis Michael Lynch. Within a week, Lynch was fired from Newsmax and went out on his own continuing to publish news and commentate, where Hollash continued writing for him. During this time, Hollash started building up the concept for The Reform Report, which is a social media-based political commentary outlet, which includes interviews and commentary news journalism. The first featured interview that Hollash set up, was a multi-part segment with renown retired FBI Special Agent Jack Garcia. Around The Reform Report, Hollash continues to write op-ed pieces for the Tampa Bay Times and internet media.