2019. Journalism and Politics Early in Pehme's journalism career, he served as a columnist and managing editor for The Queens Courier, a community newspaper. Later, Pehme wrote The Brooklyn Optimist, a blog about Brooklyn. In September 2008, Pehme, a critic of Brooklyn Democratic Chairman Vito Lopez, was elected to represent a portion of Greenpoint, Brooklyn as a County Committee Member in the Kings County Democratic Party. In 2011, Pehme was named one of City Halls Rising Stars Under 40 for his work as executive director of New York Civic, a group founded by former New York City Parks Commissioner Henry Stern. In 2012, Pehme was hired as editor-in-chief of the newspaper City & State, which covers New York politics. During Pehme's tenure, City & State won a number of New York State Press Association awards, including Best Coverage of Elections/Politics, 2013, for which he was personally recognized, along with Nick Powell, Jon Lentz and Aaron Short. In 2015, Morgan Pehme was hired as executive director of EffectiveNY, a nonpartisan government watchdog group founded by businessman Bill Samuels. He also produced and co-hosted with Samuels the radio show "Effective Radio with Bill Samuels", which aired on AM970 in New York. New York Nonprofit Media named Pehme to its 2017 class of 40 Under 40 Rising Stars of the New York nonprofit world for his work at EffectiveNY. Pehme is a former adjunct professor of mass communications, journalism, TV and film at St. John's University. He has contributed articles to numerous publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, New York Daily News, HuffPost, The Hill, and The Daily Beast. Pehme is an on-camera political analyst for PIX11. He serves on the board of advisors of the Museum of Political Corruption. References External links American male screenwriters American film producers American film directors 1978 births American chess players Living people People from Brooklyn