Emily Dreyfuss: Facts About Richard Dreyfuss And Jeramie Rain’s Daughter

Emily Dreyfuss is an American journalist and the daughter of American actor, producer, and writer Richard Dreyfuss born Richard Stephen Dreyfus, and American screenwriter, producer, philanthropist, and former actress Jeramie Rain born Susan Davis. Emily’s father Richard Dreyfuss is known for starring in popular films during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s.

Emily Dreyfuss: Bio Summary

Emily Is The Oldest Child Of Her Parents

Emily Dreyfuss was born on November 19, 1983, in Los Angeles, California, USA, per her IMDb page. She will be celebrating her 40th birthday in 2023, on November 19. She came into the world as the first child of her parents Richard Dreyfuss and his ex-wife Jeramie Rain. Her father is an actor, producer, and writer while her mother is a former actress, screenwriter, producer, and philanthropist.

Emily Dreyfuss has two younger siblings. Her brother Benjamin Dreyfuss also known as Ben Dreyfuss (1986) is a journalist and actor. Actor Harry Dreyfuss (1990) is also Emily’s sibling. Emily’s paternal grandparents are Norman Dreyfuss (1920–2013), an attorney, restaurateur, and plastics company owner originally from a “violent gang culture in Brooklyn”, and Geraldine (née Robbins; 1921–2000), a peace activist.

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Emily Is Into Journalism

Emily Dreyfuss is a journalist who began her career at a local paper in Connecticut. She covers the impact of technology on society, with a focus on social media and information systems. She moved to an alt-weekly and entered tech journalism in 2007 when she joined CNET. She was a co-host of a podcast with CNET and ran the website’s homepage and social media accounts.

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Emily Dreyfuss was a News Editor of WIRED and was the editor of the opinion section and the cybersecurity section. She was also the founding editor of the national affairs section that was created to cover the 2016 presidential election. After leaving WIRED, she found Protocol, a tech news site created by the publisher of Politico to cover the “people, power, and politics” of tech. In 2020, she joined the Shorenstein Center.

Emily Dreyfuss appeared on broadcast news programs including NBC News, C-SPAN, ABC News, NPR, and Fox. She was a host of an episode of the radio program On Point from WBUR and was featured on tour with PopUp Magazine. She performed a story about the experience of yelling at an Amazon Echo, later published in text form by WIRED.

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Emily Dreyfuss’ written works have appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The San Francisco Chronicle, Mother Jones, The Correspondent, Business Insider, and others. She is the co-author of the book Meme Wars: The Untold Stories of the OInline Battles Upending Democracy in America. She works on the Technology and Social Change team at Harvard University’s Shorenstein Center.

As a 2017-2018 Harvard Nieman Berkman Klein fellow, she studied ephemerality and the internet. She has an interest in how technology accelerates change. She is a keynote speaker, represented by the APB speakers bureau, and has delivered keynotes on topics such as algorithmic bias, social media harms, remote work, and the impacts of tech on society and personality.

However, she has appeared with her father Richard Dreyfuss in Michael Jackson: Liberian Girl (1989), per her IMDb profile. She appeared as herself in Point Taken.

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Emily And Her Husband Have Been Married For Close To A Decade

Emily Dreyfuss is a married woman. She has been married to Seth Shipman since July 5, 2015. They have been married for almost a decade. Emily’s husband Seth Shipman is an American scientist who serves as an Assistant Professor at the Gladstone Institutes and the University of California, San Francisco, where he researches synthetic biology, genetics, and neuroscience.