Brandy Zadrozny | |
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 Brandy Zadrozny at the 2025 Knight Media Forum | |
| Born | (1980-08-30)August 30, 1980 (age 45) |
| Alma mater | Pratt Institute |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Employer(s) | NBC News,MSNBC |
| Children | 3[1] |
Brandy Zadrozny (born August 30, 1980) is an Americaninvestigative journalist andreporter withNBC News andMSNBC who specializes inradicalization,extremism and disinformation on the Internet.[2][3]
Before entering journalism, Zadrozny previously worked as a librarian for theNew York Board of Education from 2003 to 2007 and for theChamplain College inBurlington, Vermont in 2011.[4] Zadrozny also worked as a news librarian and researcher forABC News, and later forFox News.[4][5]
Zadrozny started her career in journalism in 2013 atThe Daily Beast.[6] Since 2018, Zadrozny has been working as a journalist forNBC News.[7] At NBC News, Zadrozny has written on the "depressing" aspects of the Internet, focusing on political extremism and conspiracy theories likeQAnon and theStop the Steal movement, and disinformation on social media, particularly as it pertains to theCOVID-19 pandemic andanti-vaccination activism.[5][7] Discussing her motivation to cover these movements in her journalism, Zadrozny said that "suddenly, the stupid stuff on the internet, the scary stuff on the internet, became just so mainstream and important. And that totally should not be."[5]
In October 2020, Zadrozny was criticized onTucker Carlson's Fox News showTucker Carlson Tonight. Carlson's guestDarren Beattie, a former speechwriter forDonald Trump, accused Zadrozny of trying to "dig up personal information about anonymous Trump supporters online ... basically, so she can ruin their lives."[8] NBC News issued a statement rebuking what they described as "Carlson dangerously and dishonestly" targeting Zadrozny, saying that the claims were a "smear" and had led to Zadrozny being harassed.[7][8] In their statement, NBC News said Zadrozny is "relentlessly well-researched and sophisticated in her understanding of disinformation and conspiracy theories on the Internet", and that they "couldn’t be prouder of Brandy, and we will continue to vigorously support her work."[9][7]
Zadrozny ran the New York City Marathon on November 1, 2025, with a time of 5:27:53.[10]