David Remnick
Editor, The New Yorker
Since taking the helm of The New Yorker in 1998, David Remnick has returned the magazine to its profitable glory days. A graduate of Princeton University, he 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." His latest book "The Bridge," is a biography of President Barack Obama. He lives in New York with his wife, Esther Fein, and their three children.
The Proof We Needed To Prevent War
The standard of proof had been laid out clearly in the decades since the destructive lie of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. And then George W. Bush claimed there were […]
The Impending Israel-Palestine Disaster
The more unwilling Binyamin Netanyahu is to make a leap of history, the more dangerous it’s going to get.
The Future of The New Yorker
Why isn’t the New Yorker editor worried about what has been happening to the magazine industry?
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Obama’s Quick Ascension
The President couldn’t assume he would get the African-American vote just because he was black. He had to go out and win it.
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U.S. Political Extremes Are “Alarming”
The New Yorker editor compares the current atmosphere in the U.S. to what happened in Israel under Yitzhak Rabin: the far right stirred things up so much that the political […]
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Has Obama Given Up on Bipartisanship?
Obama wants to win. He’s “not some kind of pie-eyed idealist.”
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A Lesser-Known Influence in Obama’s Life
Jerry Kellman spent countless hours with the President eating at McDonald’s and talking about life.
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Big Think Interview With David Remnick
A conversation with the editor of The New Yorker.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Media and the Iraq War
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.
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David Remnick on Blogging vs. Journalism
The New Yorker editor says there are good bloggers and lousy bloggers.
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The New Yorker 2.0: What would it look like?
Does a Web presence compromise the New Yorker brand?
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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.
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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.
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What advice do you have for young journalists?
Be obsessed with what you do, Remnick says.
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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.
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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.
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How did you get into journalism?
It was a combination of curiosity, luck and gumption, Remnick says.
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What writers inform your work?
Remnick talks about the twin influences of Bob Dylan and Philip Roth.
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