Editing David Remnick (section)

{{short description|American journalist, writer and editor (born 1958)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = David Remnick
| image              = David Remnick in 2008.jpg
| caption            = Remnick at a ''New Yorker'' conference in  2008
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1958|10|29}}
| birth_place        = [[Hackensack, New Jersey]], U.S.
| death_date         = 
| death_place        = 
| education          = [[Princeton University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
| occupation         = Magazine editor, journalist, writer
| title              = Editor of ''[[The New Yorker]]''
| spouse             = {{marriage|Esther Fein|1987}}
| children           = 3 
}}
'''David J. Remnick''' (born October 29, 1958) is an American journalist, writer, and editor. He won a [[Pulitzer Prize]] in 1994 for his book ''[[Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire]]'', and is also the author of ''Resurrection'' and ''King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero''. Remnick has been editor of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' magazine since 1998. He was named "Editor of the Year" by ''[[Advertising Age]]'' in 2000. Before joining ''The New Yorker'', Remnick was a reporter and the Moscow correspondent for ''[[The Washington Post]]''. He also has served on the [[New York Public Library]] board of trustees and is a member of the [[American Philosophical Society]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=APS Member History|url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=David+Remnick&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced|access-date=2021-04-28|website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref> In 2010, he published his sixth book, ''[[The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama]]''.