Jacob Weisberg

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Jacob Weisberg
Weisberg in New York, 2012
Born1964 (age 59–60)
EducationYale University (BA)
New College, Oxford
Occupation(s)Writer, journalist
SpouseDeborah Needleman
Children2

Jacob Weisberg (born 1964) is an American political journalist, who served as editor-in-chief of

Graham Holdings Company. In September 2018, he left Slate to co-found Pushkin Industries, an audio content company, with Malcolm Gladwell.[1] Weisberg was also a Newsweek columnist. He served as the editor of Slate magazine for six years before stepping down in June 2008.[2] He is the son of Lois Weisberg
, a Chicago social activist and municipal commissioner.

Early life and education

Weisberg's father, Bernard Weisberg, was a Chicago lawyer and judge. His parents were introduced at a cocktail party by novelist

CIA officer and television writer and producer Joe Weisberg.[3]

Weisberg graduated from Yale University in 1986, where he worked for the Yale Daily News. When a junior, he was offered membership in Skull and Bones by then lieutenant governor of Massachusetts John Kerry. But he declined the offer, citing the club's exclusion of women.[4]

Weisberg was persuaded by The Washington Post's

Elihu Society.[5] After Yale he attended New College, Oxford, on a Rhodes Scholarship
.

Career

Weisberg is currently the Executive Chair of Pushkin Industries,

Panoply Media, a division of Slate Group. Until September 2018, Weisberg was the Editor in Chief of Slate Group.[1]

Previously, he was a commentator on

National Public Radio. He also worked for The New Republic in Washington, D.C., and was a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine[7] and a contributing editor to Vanity Fair. He has served as a columnist for the Financial Times. Early in his career, he worked for Newsweek in the London and Washington bureaus. Weisberg has also worked as a freelance
journalist for numerous publications.

Books

The creator and author of the

Business Week
's ten best business books of 2003.

Weisberg's first book, In Defense of Government, was published in 1996.

He chaired the judging panel for the 2009

Samuel Johnson Prize for excellence in non-fiction writing.[citation needed
]

Personal life

Weisberg is married to style and fashion journalist

T: The New York Times Style Magazine
.

Works

References

  1. ^ a b c Peiser, Jacklyn (September 12, 2018). "Jacob Weisberg Leaves Slate to Join Malcolm Gladwell in Podcast Venture". The New York Times. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
  2. ^ Jacob Weisberg, "And My Successor Is...," Slate, June 4, 2008.
  3. Slate.com
    . Slate talked with [Joe] Weisberg (who is also the brother of Jacob Weisberg, the Slate Group's editor in chief)
  4. Boston Globe
    , June 25, 2002, pp. E1+.
  5. ISBN 0-316-72091-7
    , p. 112
  6. ^ https://www.podpod.com/article/1857468/pushkin-industries-promotes-gretta-cohn-ceo
  7. ^ Weisberg, Jacob (November 28, 2004). "'I Am Charlotte Simmons': Peeping Tom". The New York Times.
  8. ^ "A Note from Dean: Deborah Needleman Is Departing". The New York Times Company. November 21, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2019.

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