Nina Jane Easton (born October 27, 1958)[1] is an American author, journalist, TV commentator, entrepreneur, and film producer.

[10] She then wrote for The American Banker and Businessweek before joining the Los Angeles Times as a staff writer, a position she held from 1988 to 1998.

She has also contributed commentary to NBC's Meet the Press, CBS's Face the Nation, ABC's This Week, and PBS programs including The Charlie Rose Show.

"[19] In spring 2012, Easton was named a Goldsmith Fellow at Harvard University's Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy.

Easton's announced research project focused on the increasing income inequality in the United States and its impact on Americans' views of the wealthy.

[10] The book, whose preface was written by Ralph Nader, profiled individuals involved in Ronald Reagan's presidency and included interviews with most of the administration's top officials.

Gang of Five profiled five leaders of the conservative movement in America: William Kristol, Grover Norquist, David M. McIntosh, Clint Bolick and Ralph Reed.

[25] On November 27, 2004, she married Russell Schriefer, a Republican political strategist who was the senior advisor to the 2012 presidential campaign of Mitt Romney.