Michael Ballaban is an automotive journalist based out of New York City.

Mike is the Deputy Editor of the motoring blog Jalopnik which is a part of the Gizmodo Media Group.

^[7]He is also a Co-host and Executive Producer of Car vs America, Gizmodo Media Group's first television show on Fusion TV which premiers on October 18, 2017.

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Michael Ballaban has been the Deputy Editor of Jalopnik, the largest automotive and transportation website since November, 2015 and has wrote for Jalopnik since May, 2013.

Mike is the second in command for the site and also oversees Jalopnik's defense focused subsite Foxtrot Alpha.

From September-November, 2015 Mike was a Features Editor for the site.

He also worked as a Staff Writer from October, 2014-September, 2015, a Weekend Editor from February-October, 2014 and a Contributing Editor from May, 2013-February, 2014.

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Michael Ballaban is also a Co-Host and an Executive Producer of Car vs America, Gizmodo Media Group's very first television show on Fusion TV which premiers on October 18, 2017.

The show follows Mike Ballaban and fellow Jalopnik journalist Raphael Orlove as they go on a road trip across America to discover unique elements of car culture.

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Before joining Jalopnik, from July, 2010-February, 2014 Michael Ballaban worked as the Chief of Americas Consumer and Retail Coverage for Mergermarket, the mergers and acquisitions intelligence division of the Financial Times.

From October, 2012-January, 2014 Michael was a Contributor at Forbes writing blog posts for the site.

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From September-December, 2009 Mike Ballaban interned for The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer on CNN.

In this role he assisted senior producers during regular morning news meetings to determine the content and top stories of the day's programming.

He also produced packages for The Situation Room, matching images to sound and story worked closely with producers, writers, and directors in order to create one of CNN's top evening news programs.

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From June-September, 2009 Mike worked as a