Experts
David Remnick
Editor, The New Yorker
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Some writers hate writing. Remnick isn't one of them. Read More
January 13, 2008 | In Arts & Culture, Media & Internet
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Sometimes snark is just a one-trick pony. Read More
January 13, 2008 | In Media & Internet
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What's your main guilty pleasure?
Nothing has replaced "The Sopranos." Read More
January 13, 2008 | In Arts & Culture
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How do you see the American public?
It's not a question of elitism, Remnick says. It's about getting a good product out there. Read More
January 13, 2008 | In Media & Internet, Politics & Policy
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What issues aren't getting enough coverage?
With no end in sight, the war in Iraq is not receiving nearly enough attention. Read More
January 13, 2008 | In Media & Internet, Politics & Policy, World
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Do journalists focus too much on the election process?
There's been no shortage of the examination of the real issues, Remnick says. Read More
January 13, 2008 | In Media & Internet, Politics & Policy
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Will The New Yorker endorse a US presidential candidate in 2008?
Remnick says he can guess which party the candidate will come from. Read More
January 13, 2008 | In Media & Internet, Politics & Policy
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The magazine's criticism of the George W. Bush administration made up for whatever The New Yorker missed in the lead-up to the war, says Remnick. Read More
January 13, 2008 | In Media & Internet, Politics & Policy, World
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David Remnick on Blogging vs. Journalism
The New Yorker editor says there are good bloggers and lousy bloggers. Read More
January 13, 2008 | In Media & Internet
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The New Yorker 2.0: What would it look like?
Does a Web presence compromise the New Yorker brand? Read More
January 13, 2008 | In Media & Internet
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Does Latin America get enough coverage in The New Yorker?
Remnick's tenure happened to coincide with 9/11 and the subsequent fall out. Read More
January 13, 2008 | In Media & Internet, World
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How do you respond to criticism of The New Yorker's short fiction?
Writers who don't outgrow short fiction are the exception rather than the norm, Remnick says. Read More
January 13, 2008 | In Arts & Culture, Media & Internet
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What advice do you have for young journalists?
Be obsessed with what you do, Remnick says. Read More
January 13, 2008 | In Inspiration & Wisdom, Media & Internet
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With newspapers cutting back, where will new reporting talent come from?
Even with newspapers taking a hit, Remnick believes there will always be curious, driven young journalists out there. Read More
January 13, 2008 | In Media & Internet
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What's the deal with New Yorker cartoons?
It's hard to find funny young people who can make a living cartooning, Remnick says. Read More
January 13, 2008 | In Media & Internet
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Remnick answers what it is like to helm The New Yorker. Read More
January 13, 2008 | In Media & Internet
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Are Russians incapable of democracy? Read More
January 13, 2008 | In Media & Internet, World
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Remnick remembers the twilight of the Soviet Union. Read More
January 13, 2008 | In Media & Internet, Politics & Policy, World
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How did you get into journalism?
It was a combination of curiosity, luck and gumption, Remnick says. Read More
January 13, 2008 | In History, Media & Internet
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What writers inform your work?
Remnick talks about the twin influences of Bob Dylan and Philip Roth. Read More
January 13, 2008 | In Arts & Culture, Media & Internet
Since taking the helm of The New Yorker in 1998, Remnick has returned the magazine to its profitable glory days. The magazine has since won 21 National Magazine Awards. A graduate of Princeton University, Remnick began his journalistic career as a night police reporter at the Washington Post in 1982, becoming the paper's Moscow correspondent in 1988. His coverage of the Soviet Union's collapse led to his Pulitzer Prize-winning 1993 book Lenin's tomb.
Remnick has written four other books, including King of the World, his 1998 portrait of Muhammad Ali, and 1997's Resurrection, an exploration of post-Soviet Russia. His book, Reporting, is a compilation of his reported pieces for The New Yorker. Remnick lives in New York with his wife, Esther Fein, and their three children.
