David Remnick was named editor of The New Yorker in 1998. He joined the publication in 1992 after ten years with the Washington Post, where he was the Moscow bureau chief.
He is the author of several books, including “King of the World,” “Resurrection,” and “Lenin’s Tomb,” for which he received the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction and a George Polk Award for excellence in journalism. Remnick’s most recent book, “The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama,” was published by Knopf in 2010. Since joining The New Yorker, he has written more than two hundred pieces for the magazine. He also serves as host of the magazine’s national radio program and podcast, “The New Yorker Radio Hour,” which airs weekly. Under Remnick’s leadership, The New Yorker has become the country’s most honored magazine, with 178 National Magazine Award nominations and 48 wins. In 2016, it became the first magazine to receive a Pulitzer Prize for its writing, and now has won four, including the gold medal for public service. Remnick was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2016.
