Jonathan Kay
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Born | Jonathan Hillel Kay 1968 (age 55–56) |
Education | McGill University (BEng, MEng) Yale University (JD) |
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Spouse | Jennifer Good |
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Jonathan Hillel Kay (born 1968) is a Canadian journalist. He was the editor-in-chief of The Walrus (2014–2017), and is a senior editor of Quillette.[1] He was previously comment pages editor, columnist, and blogger for the Toronto-based Canadian daily newspaper National Post, and continues to contribute to the newspaper on a freelance basis. He is also a book author and editor, a public speaker, and a regular contributor to Commentary[2] and the New York Post.
Early life
Jonathan Kay was born and raised in
Career
Kay joined the National Post at its inception, in 1998, as a member of its editorial board, subsequently becoming the newspaper's Comment editor as well as a columnist. He left the newspaper's staff in 2014 but continues appearing in its pages as a freelance columnist.
Apart from his editorial work, Kay has also written two non-fiction books. In 2007, Kay co-authored The Volunteer, a biography of
Kay was a freelance editorial assistant on Liberal Party of Canada leader Justin Trudeau's memoir Common Ground published by HarperCollins with duties that included conducting some of the interviews with Trudeau that were used for the book. After the resignation of Trudeau's principal secretary Gerald Butts due to his role in the SNC-Lavalin affair, Kay revealed that Butts worked with him for the book.[8] His participation in the project was criticized by conservatives in social media as well as by Sun News Network personality Ezra Levant, on whose 2009 book Shakedown Kay also worked on as an editorial assistant.[9]
His freelance articles have been published in a variety of US publications including Newsweek,[10] The New Yorker,[11] Salon.com,[12] The New Republic,[13] Harper's Magazine,[14] the Los Angeles Times,[15] The Weekly Standard,[16] the Literary Review of Canada,[17] The National Interest[18] and The New York Times.[19]
Since May 2018, Kay also hosted Quillette's
The Walrus
Kay was named editor-in-chief of The Walrus, a Canadian general interest magazine, on October 29, 2014.[22] Kay left the Post on November 21, 2014, but continued to contribute opinion pieces on a freelance basis.[23]
He resigned as editor-in-chief of The Walrus on May 13, 2017, following a controversy around
Published books
- The Volunteer: A Canadian's Secret Life in the ISBN 978-0-771-01740-7
- ISBN 978-0-062-00481-9
- Legacy: How French Canadians shaped North America, edited with ISBN 978-0-771-07240-6
- (in French) Batisseurs d'Amerique. Des Canadiens français qui ont fait l'histoire. La Presse, Montréal 2016 The Gazette, 2016
- Your Move: What Board Games Teach Us About Life, with Joan Moriarity, Sutherland House, 2019 ISBN 978-1-999-43954-5
Awards and recognition
In 2002, he was awarded Canada's National Newspaper Award for Critical Writing. In 2004, he was awarded a National Newspaper Award for Editorial Writing.[28] He is currently a visiting fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.[29]
References
- ^ McDermott, John (November 2, 2019). "Those People We Tried to Cancel? They're All Hanging Out Together". The New York Times.
- Commentary Magazine. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
- ^ "Guilty Memories from an Anglo Montreal Childhood". The Walrus. December 15, 2016. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ Selwyn House School Yearbook 1985
- ^ "eScholarship@McGill – Results – Full". Digitool.library.mcgill.ca. August 20, 1996. Retrieved January 24, 2012.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "Among the Truthers". Among the Truthers. Retrieved January 24, 2012.
- ^ "Everybody Loves Butts!". www.canadalandshow.com. February 19, 2019. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- ^ "Jonathan Kay: An editor's note regarding my work for HarperCollins on 'Common Ground'". National Post. October 21, 2014. Archived from the original on October 29, 2014. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
- ^ Staff (February 8, 2010). "Tea Party Movement Is Full of Conspiracy Theories". Newsweek. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
- ^ "Dec. 8: Jonathan Kay to deliver F.R. Scott Lecture". McGill Reporter. November 18, 2015. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
- ^ Kay, Jonathan (June 30, 2001). "Gay 'Trek'". Dir.salon.com. Archived from the original on October 8, 2010. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
- ^ Kay, Jonathan (April 11, 2010). "Hot Shots". The New Republic. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
- ^ Kay, Jonathan (September 2001). "The republic of Texas". Harper's Magazine. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
- The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
- ^ "The Weekly Standard". Weeklystandard.com. March 14, 2005. Retrieved January 24, 2012.
- ^ Linda McQuaig and Neil Brooks (December 1, 2010). "The Literary Review of Canada". Reviewcanada.ca. Retrieved January 24, 2012.
- ^ "The National Interest". Findarticles.com. October 3, 2001. Archived from the original on December 15, 2010. Retrieved January 24, 2012.
- ^ Kay, Jonathan (January 3, 2002). "The New York Times". Retrieved January 24, 2012.
- ^ Herzog, Katie (May 31, 2018). "Wrongspeak Is a Safe Space for Dangerous Ideas". The Stranger. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
- ^ a b Kay, Jonathan (December 30, 2019). "Wrongspeak #17 - The Family Business with Barbara Kay". radio-canada-online.com. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
As the Wrongspeak podcast hits pause and we say goodbye to Debra, Jon interviews his mother Barbara Kay for the first time. (...) Thank you to Dr. Debra Soh for her invaluable contribution to our first series of episodes and to our producers at TNKR Media.
- ^ "The Walrus names Jonathan Kay new editor-in-chief". Globe and Mail. No. October 29, 2014. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
- ^ "Jonathan Kay: My life at the National Post, and why I'll miss it". News.nationalpost.ocm.
- ^ "Jonathan Kay out at The Walrus". Canadalandshow.com. May 14, 2017.
- ^ Mendleson, Rachel (May 14, 2017). "Jonathan Kay resigns as editor of The Walrus amid 'appropriation prize' backlash". Toronto Star.
- ^ "Walrus editor Jonathan Kay quits amid free speech uproar: 'I have been censoring myself more and more'". Nationalpost.com. May 15, 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
- ^ "Jonathan Kay resigns as editor of The Walrus amid cultural appropriation controversy". The Globe and Mail.
- ^ "Jonathan Kay". July 25, 2011. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011.
- ^ "2012 Speakers - Foundation for Defense of Democracies". Defenddemocracy.org. Archived from the original on February 3, 2017. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
External links
- Jonathan Kay's page at the National Post.