David Remnick

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.

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Remnick answers what it is like to helm The New Yorker.
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It’s hard to find funny young people who can make a living cartooning, Remnick says.
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Even with newspapers taking a hit, Remnick believes there will always be curious, driven young journalists out there.
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It was a combination of curiosity, luck and gumption, Remnick says.
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Remnick remembers the twilight of the Soviet Union.
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Are Russians incapable of democracy?
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Remnick talks about the twin influences of Bob Dylan and Philip Roth.