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Ross Barkan
Born
Ross Elliot Barkan

(1989-10-22) October 22, 1989 (age 34)
New York City, U.S.
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • novelist
  • political candidate
Years active2011–present

Ross Elliot Barkan (born October 22, 1989[1][2][3]) is an American journalist, novelist, and essayist.

Early life and education

Barkan grew up in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. He attended Stony Brook University and earned a master's degree from New York University.[4][5]

Career

Journalist

Barkan was a staff reporter at the

American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Announcing his resignation the day after the Observer endorsed Trump in the New York Republican primary, Barkan later told CNN "a line had been crossed and I thought it was time for myself to depart."[11]

As a columnist and freelance reporter, Barkan has contributed to the

Daily Beast, The Baffler,[15] the Los Angeles Review of Books, and the Columbia Journalism Review. He covered the 2013 New York City mayoral race, including Anthony Weiner's campaign, and the 2016 presidential race. He has taught journalism and media studies at NYU[16] and St. Joseph's College in Brooklyn. He was a staff reporter at New York Magazine[17]
and remains a contributor there.

Barkan is currently a columnist for The Guardian and was a columnist for Jacobin magazine.[16][18] He is a contributor to The Nation.[19]

In 2023, he was named a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine.[20]

Author

Barkan has published fiction in

Iowa Review,[23] Harvard Review,[24] The Rumpus,[25] and The Brooklyn Rail.[26]

His debut novel, Demolition Night,[27] was published in 2018.

His second book, The Prince: Andrew Cuomo, Coronavirus, and the Fall of New York, was published in 2021. It was well-reviewed, with The Nation calling it a "swift and devastating read."[28][29]

In 2022, his second novel, The Night Burns Bright, was published.[30]

Washington Post columnist Shadi Hamid called Barkan "consistently one of the most interesting and original essayists of his generation."[31]

2018 New York State Senate primary candidacy

In October 2017, he announced he was running in a State Senate primary in New York City, planning to run in the Democratic Party primary and if successful to then challenge incumbent Marty Golden in 2018.[32][33][34] Barkan's campaign was managed by future-Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani[35][36] and endorsed by the New York Daily News and local politicians such as Squad member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, but he lost the September 2018 Democratic primary to Andrew Gounardes by 15 percentage points.[37][38]

Professional accolades

Barkan has twice been the recipient of the New York Press Club's award for distinguished newspaper commentary, in 2017 and 2019.[39][40]

References

  1. ^ van Zuylen-Wood, Simon (March 3, 2019). "When Did Everyone Become a Socialist?". New York magazine.
  2. POLITICO
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  3. ^ Lovett, Kenneth (July 12, 2018). "Young Brooklyn Democratic state Senate candidates cross-endorsing each other". New York Daily News. Barkan, 27, a political journalist ...
  4. ^ "A Chat with SBU Grad and NY State Senate Candidate Ross Barkan". SB You. Stony Brook University. Retrieved September 24, 2018 – via you.stonybrook.edu.
  5. ^ ""Journalism in the Age of Trump" Panel hosted by the NYU CAS Alumni Association". June 9, 2017. Retrieved September 24, 2018 – via Vimeo. [dead link]
  6. ^ "Queens Tribune Epaper". Queens Tribune. July 18, 2012. Retrieved October 15, 2018 – via Issuu.
  7. ^ "Ross Barkan". The New York Observer. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
  8. Yahoo News
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  9. Huffington Post
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  10. CNN Money
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  11. ^ "Reporter resigns from paper owned by Trump's son-in-law - CNN Video". Reliable Sources. April 17, 2016 – via CNN.
  12. ^ Barkan, Ross (January 16, 2019). "Perspective | It's way too hard for working-class people to run for office". The Washington Post.
  13. ^ Barkan, Ross (August 29, 2017). "Would You Like to Sit on My Bed with Me and Check Twitter?". The New Yorker.
  14. ^ "Ross Barkan". The Nation. April 1, 2019.
  15. ^ "Ross Barkan". The Baffler. April 1, 2019.
  16. ^ a b "Ross Barkin". NYU Journalism. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
  17. ^ https://twitter.com/RossBarkan/status/1524441879818870784
  18. ^ "Ross Barkan". The Guardian. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
  19. ^ "Masthead | The Nation". March 24, 2010.
  20. ^ https://twitter.com/RossBarkan/status/1634265078630436876
  21. ^ "Post Road Magazine – Issue #24 | Spring/Summer 2013". Post Road. 2013. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
  22. ^ Barkan, Ross (2013). "Ross Barkan :: FLUTTER FLAKE - Post Road #24". Post Road. No. #24. Archived from the original on October 3, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  23. ^ Barkan, Ross (October 24, 2012). "Elena Passarello's LET ME CLEAR MY THROAT". The Iowa Review.
  24. ^ Barkan, Ross (August 19, 2014). "Sleet: Selected Stories - Harvard Review Online". Harvard Review. Archived from the original on November 8, 2020.
  25. ^ "Ross Barkan". The Rumpus. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  26. ^ "Ross Barkan". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  27. ^ "DEMOLITION NIGHT by Ross Barkan". Kirkus Reviews. September 18, 2018. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
  28. ^ Lipsitz, Raina (July 28, 2021). "What Happened to Andrew Cuomo? | The Nation". {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  29. ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: The Prince: Andrew Cuomo, Coronavirus, and the Fall of New York by Ross Barkan. OR, $20 trade paper (200p) ISBN 978-1-68219-410-2". June 2021.
  30. ^ "Publishers Marketplace: Log In". www.publishersmarketplace.com. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
  31. ^ https://twitter.com/shadihamid/status/1752455622182776906
  32. ^ Demause, Neil (October 3, 2017). "Holy Crap, Ross Barkan Is Running for State Senate". The Village Voice.
  33. ^ Fink, Zack (October 5, 2017). "Muckraking journalist runs for Brooklyn Senate seat". NY1.
  34. ^ Rugh, Peter (December 22, 2017). "The Muckraker Vs. the Muck". The Indypendent. No. 231. New York.
  35. ^ "Zohran Mamdani | New York City Campaign Finance Board".
  36. ^ ""We Have an Obligation to Ensure That Justice is Not Defined by the Borders of Our District"".
  37. ^ "State Senate picks: Brooklyn". New York Daily News. September 9, 2018.
  38. ^ Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [@ocasio2018] (August 24, 2018). "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "SOUTH BROOKLYN: @RossBarkan ..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  39. ^ "The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Wins 'Gold Keyboard' in 2017 New York Press Club Journalism Awards" (PDF). New York Press Club (Press release). May 19, 2017.
  40. ^ "Newsday Wins 'Gold Keyboard' in 2019 New York Press Club Journalism Awards, Also Takes Most Awards in Competition" (PDF). New York Press Club (Press release). June 18, 2019.
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