Jason L. RileyJason Riley is an opinion columnist at The Wall Street Journal, where his column, Upward Mobility, has run since 2016.
He is also a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and provides television commentary for various news outlets.
Mr. Riley joined the paper in 1994 as a copy reader on the national news desk in New York.
He moved to the editorial page in 1995, was named a senior editorial page writer in 2000, and became a member of the Editorial Board in 2005.
Born in Buffalo, New York, Mr. Riley earned a bachelor's degree in English from the State University of New York at Buffalo.