Editing Jacob Weisberg (section)

{{short description|American political journalist (born 1964)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Jacob Weisberg
| image              = Jacob Weisberg (Slate Group).jpg
| caption            = Weisberg in New York, 2012
| birth_name         = 
| birth_date         = {{birth year and age|1964}}
| birth_place        = 
| spouse             = [[Deborah Needleman]]
| children           = 2
| education          = [[Yale University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[New College, Oxford]]
| occupation         = Writer, journalist
}}

'''Jacob Weisberg''' (born 1964) is an American political journalist, who served as editor-in-chief of [[The Slate Group]], a division of [[Graham Holdings Company]]. In September 2018, he left Slate to co-found [[Pushkin Industries]], an audio content company, with [[Malcolm Gladwell]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/12/business/media/jacob-weisberg-slate-malcolm-gladwell.html|title=Jacob Weisberg Leaves Slate to Join Malcolm Gladwell in Podcast Venture|last=Peiser|first=Jacklyn|date=September 12, 2018|work=The New York Times|access-date=Dec 31, 2018}}</ref> Weisberg was also a ''[[Newsweek]]'' columnist. He served as the editor of ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'' magazine for six years before stepping down in June 2008.<ref>Jacob Weisberg, "And My Successor Is...," ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'', June 4, 2008.</ref> He is the son of [[Lois Weisberg]], a Chicago social activist and municipal commissioner.