Editing Jon Ronson

{{Short description|British-American journalist, author, and filmmaker}}{{Distinguish|text=American politician [[Ron Johnson]]}}

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| name = Jon Ronson
| image = Jon Ronson (27846097432) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Ronson in 2016
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1967|05|10}}
| birth_place = [[Cardiff]], Wales
| occupation = {{hlist|Journalist|author|filmmaker}}
| alma_mater = [[University of Westminster|Polytechnic of Central London]]
| genre = {{hlist|[[Conspiracy theory|Conspiracy theories]]|[[Journalism#Investigative journalism|investigative journalism]]|[[gonzo journalism]]}}
| spouse = Elaine Patterson
| children = 1
| website = {{URL|jonronson.com}}
}}

'''Jon Ronson''' (born 10 May 1967) is a British-American journalist, author, and filmmaker. He is known for works such as ''[[Them: Adventures with Extremists]]'' (2001), ''[[The Men Who Stare at Goats]]'' (2004), and ''[[The Psychopath Test]]'' (2011). 

He has been described as a [[Gonzo journalism|gonzo journalist]],<ref>Relative to the Gonzo characterization: 1) Ronson, Jon, [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/feb/22/huntersthompson 'I've gotta get my elephant tusks back'], ''The Guardian'', 22 February 2005. The article subtitle read in part: "... [[Hunter S. Thompson]] created a new style of writing – gonzo – and a generation of followers. Jon Ronson explains why he became one of them"; the article was written the day after Thompson's death by [[suicide]]; Ronson himself in the article does not lay claim to the term to describe himself; and 2) ____, James, [http://ffresh.com/en/2011/01/13/ffresh-2011-programme-goes-live/ Ffresh 2011 Programme Goes Live"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110122065322/http://ffresh.com/en/2011/01/13/ffresh-2011-programme-goes-live/ |date=22 January 2011 }}, website for Ffresh: Student Moving Image Festival of Wales, 13 January 2011. "Highlights include sessions with … gonzo journalist Jon Ronson ...." Both retrieved 17 February 2011.</ref> becoming a ''[[faux-naïf]]'' character in his stories.<ref>Rosenbaum, Ron (2002), [https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/13/books/beyond-the-fringe.html "Beyond the Fringe"], ''[[The New York Times]]'' (13 January issue).</ref> He produces informal but sceptical investigations of controversial fringe politics and science. He has published nine books and his work has appeared in publications such as ''[[The Guardian]]'', ''[[City Life (magazine)|City Life]]'' and ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]''. He has made several [[BBC Television]] documentary films and two documentary series for [[Channel 4]].

== Early life ==
Ronson was born in [[Cardiff]] on 10 May 1967. He attended [[Cardiff High School]] and later worked for [[Capital South Wales|CBC Radio]] in Cardiff, before moving to [[London]] to study for a media degree at the [[University of Westminster|Polytechnic of Central London]].<ref name="WOL">Nathan Bevan, [http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2009/10/27/who-is-jon-ronson-91466-25020325 Who is Jon Ronson?], WalesOnline.co.uk, retrieved 13 June 2011.</ref>

== Career ==
=== Writing ===
[[File:Jon Ronson by Walnut Whippet.jpg|thumb|left|Ronson in January 2007]]
{{external media| float = right| width=230px| video1 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?168649-1/them-adventures-extremists ''Booknotes'' interview with Ronson on ''Them'', March 24, 2002], [[C-SPAN]]| video2 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?186334-1/the-men-stare-goats Presentation by Ronson on ''The Men Who Stare at Goats'', April 14, 2005], [[C-SPAN]]| video3 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?325225-1/jon-ronson-so-publicly-shamed Presentation by Ronson on ''So You've Been Publicly Shamed'', April 1, 2015], [[C-SPAN]]}}
Ronson gained fame writing a column for ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'', consisting of a series of challenges he set himself. He later adapted this into a television series, '' The Ronson Mission'', for [[BBC2]] in 1993.<ref>[https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/78e34590d3484adb8bfa19f38a2eeb83 Def II: The Ronson Mission]. BBC. Retrieved 2024-11-10.</ref>
Ronson's first book, ''Clubbed Class'' (1994), is a travelogue in which he bluffs his way into a [[jet set]] lifestyle, in search of the world's finest holiday.<ref>{{cite web |title= Clubbed Class by Jon Ronson |url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37472.Clubbed_Class |work= [[GoodReads]].com |access-date=23 June 2021}}</ref>

His second book, ''[[Them: Adventures with Extremists]]'' (2001), chronicles his experiences with people labelled as [[extremists]]. Subjects featured in the book include [[David Icke]], [[Randy Weaver]], [[Omar Bakri Muhammad]], [[Ian Paisley]], [[Alex Jones]], and [[Thomas Robb (Ku Klux Klan)|Thomas Robb]]. Ronson also follows independent investigators of secretive groups such as the [[Bilderberg Group]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Rakoff |first=Joanna |title=Jon Ronson |url=http://www.salon.com/2002/03/14/ronson_2/ |work=Salon |date=15 March 2002 |access-date=10 November 2012}}</ref> The narrative tells of Ronson's attempts to infiltrate the "shadowy cabal" fabled, by these [[conspiracy theorists]], to rule the world.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Okg6WBbMjzQC&q=them%20adventures%20with%20extremists&pg=PA91 |title=Them:Adventures in Extremism p91 |access-date=4 November 2009 |isbn=978-1-4391-2673-8 |last1=Ronson |first1=Jon |date=28 June 2011|publisher=Simon and Schuster }}</ref> ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' noted: "It is how he reveals the all-too-real machinations of Western society's radical fringe and its various minions that makes this enjoyable work rather remarkable."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780743227070|title=

THEM: Adventures with Extremists|website=Publishers Weekly|date=12 November 2001|access-date=13 January 2024}}</ref> The book was described by [[Louis Theroux]] as a "funny and compulsively readable [[picaresque]] adventure through a paranoid shadow world."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/Archive/Article/0,4273,4166306,00.html |title=Stranger than fiction |access-date=4 March 2009 |last=Theroux |first=Louis |author-link=Louis Theroux |date=7 April 2001 |work=The Guardian |location=London}}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' magazine announced in September 2005 that ''Them'' had been purchased by [[Universal Pictures]] for a feature film.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2005/film/markets-festivals/them-makes-way-to-u-1117929334/|title='Them' makes way to U|last=Fleming|first=Michael|work=Variety|date=19 September 2005|access-date=20 November 2012}}</ref>

Ronson contributed the memoir "A Fantastic Life" to the [[Picador (imprint)|Picador]] anthology ''Truth or Dare'', in 2004.<ref>{{cite web |title= Truth Or Dare: A Book Of Secrets Shared by Justine Picardie |url= http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/616081.Truth_Or_Dare |work= GoodReads.com |access-date=23 June 2021}}</ref>

Ronson's third book, ''[[The Men Who Stare at Goats]]'' (2004), deals with the secret [[New Age]] unit within the [[United States Army]] called the [[First Earth Battalion]]. Ronson investigates people such as Major General [[Albert Stubblebine]] III, former head of intelligence, who believed that people can walk through walls with the right mental preparation, and that goats can be killed simply by staring at them. Much was based on the ideas of Lt. Col. [[Jim Channon]], ret., who wrote the ''First Earth Battalion Operations Manual'' in 1979, inspired by the emerging [[Human Potential Movement]] of California. The book suggests that these New Age military ideas mutated over the decades to influence interrogation techniques at [[Guantanamo Bay detainment camp|Guantanamo Bay]]. An [[The Men Who Stare at Goats (film)|eponymous film]] of the book was released in 2009, in which Ronson's investigations were fictionalised and structured around a journey to [[Iraq]]. Ronson is played by the actor [[Ewan McGregor]] in the film.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1234548/ |title=The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) |work=IMDb |access-date=21 June 2009}}</ref>

Ronson's fourth book, ''[[Out of the Ordinary]]: True Tales of Everyday Craziness'' (2006; [[Picador (imprint)|Picador]] and [[Guardian Books]]), is a collection of his ''Guardian'' articles, mostly those concerning his domestic life. A companion volume was ''What I Do: More True Tales of Everyday Craziness'' (2007).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jonronson.com/news.html |title=news |publisher=jonronson.com |access-date=21 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228103453/http://www.jonronson.com/news.html |archive-date=28 December 2014  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= What I Do: More True Tales of Everyday Craziness by Jon Ronson |url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2135080.What_I_Do |work=GoodReads.com |access-date=23 June 2021}}</ref>

''[[The Psychopath Test]]: A Journey Through the Madness Industry'' (2011) is Ronson's fifth book. In it, he explores the nature of [[psychopath]]ic behaviour, learning how to apply the [[Hare Psychopathy Checklist]], and investigating its reliability. He interviews people in facilities for the criminally insane as well as potential [[Psychopathy in the workplace|psychopaths in corporate boardrooms]].<ref>{{cite web |last= Tartakovsky |first= Margarita |title= The Psychopath Test: A Journey through the Madness Industry By Jon Ronson book review |url=http://psychcentral.com/lib/2011/the-psychopath-test-a-journey-through-the-madness-industry/ |work= PsychCentral.com | publisher= Psych Central| url-status=dead| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20130517224035/http://psychcentral.com/lib/2011/the-psychopath-test-a-journey-through-the-madness-industry/| archivedate= 17 May 2013 |access-date=26 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Blincoe |first=Nicholas |title= The Psychopath Test: A Journey through the Madness Industry By Jon Ronson: review |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/8565585/The-Psychopath-Test-A-Journey-through-the-Madness-Industry-by-Jon-Ronson-review.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/8565585/The-Psychopath-Test-A-Journey-through-the-Madness-Industry-by-Jon-Ronson-review.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=26 November 2012 |location=London |date=13 June 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The book's findings have been rejected by The Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy and by [[Robert D. Hare]], creator of the Hare Psychopathy Checklist.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://psychopathysociety.org/page/RonsonCommentary|title=General Ronson Commentary | website= psychopathysociety.org | publisher= Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy |access-date=16 June 2020}}</ref><ref name="Hare">{{cite web|url=http://www.hare.org/comments/comment3.html|title=A Commentary on Ronson's The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry| website= hare.org| first= Robert D.| last= Hare| access-date=16 June 2020}}</ref> Hare described the book as "frivolous, shallow, and professionally disconcerting".<ref name=Hare /> 

''[[Lost at Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries]]'' (2012), Ronson's sixth book, is a collection of previously published articles by him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2012/11/book-review-lost-seathe-jon-ronson-mysteries|title=Book Review: 'Lost At Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries'|first=Miles|last=Winston|access-date=20 January 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150402165100/http://www.neontommy.com/news/2012/11/book-review-lost-seathe-jon-ronson-mysteries|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Ronson's book ''[[So You've Been Publicly Shamed]]'' (2015) concerns the effects of [[online shaming|public humiliation]] in the internet age.<ref>{{Cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/19/books/review/jon-ronsons-so-youve-been-publicly-shamed.html|title=Jon Ronson's 'So You've Been Publicly Shamed'|last=Sicha|first=Choire|date=17 April 2015|work=The New York Times| access-date=21 June 2017|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

=== Radio ===
Ronson's main radio work is the production and presentation of a [[BBC Radio 4]] programme, ''Jon Ronson on...''<ref>{{cite news |last=Maslin |first=Janet |title=Running Down a Sanity Checklist |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/17/books/the-psychopath-test-by-jon-ronson-review.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=27 November 2012 |date=16 May 2011}}</ref> The programme has been nominated for a [[Radio Academy Awards|Sony award]] four times.<ref>{{cite web |title=Simon Jacobs profile |url=http://www.ubcmedia.com/uniqueproductions/people/ |work=UBC Media |access-date=27 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425203722/http://www.ubcmedia.com/uniqueproductions/people/ |archive-date=25 April 2014  }}</ref> In August 2008, Radio 4 aired "[[Robbie Williams]] and Jon Ronson Journey to the Other Side", a documentary by Jon Ronson about pop star Williams' fascination with [[UFO]]s and the [[paranormal]].<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC Radio show profile |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/robbieandjonjourney.shtml |publisher=BBC News |access-date=27 November 2012}}</ref>

In the early 1990s, Ronson was offered the position of sidekick on [[Terry Christian]]'s Show on [[Manchester]] radio station [[KFM Radio|KFM]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Aural History: John Ronson |url=http://www.tourdates.co.uk/londontourdates/issue-000/2007/06/15/23-aural-history-john-ronson |work=TourDates |access-date=27 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725110202/http://www.tourdates.co.uk/londontourdates/issue-000/2007/06/15/23-aural-history-john-ronson |archive-date=25 July 2015 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> Ronson also co-presented a KFM show with [[Craig Cash]], who went on to write and perform in ''[[The Royle Family]]'' and ''[[Early Doors]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Jon Ronson |url=http://www.jonronson.com/jon_biog.html |access-date=27 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105225844/http://jonronson.com/jon_biog.html |archive-date=5 January 2010  }}</ref>

Ronson contributes to the American radio program ''[[This American Life]]''. {{As of|2021}}, he has contributed segments to 13 episodes including "Them" (#201), "Naming Names" (#211), "Family Physics" (#214), "Habeas Schmabeas" (#310), "It's Never Over" (#314), "The Spokesman" (#338), "Pro Se" (#385), "First Contact" (#411), "The Psychopath Test" (#436), "Secret Identity" (#506), "Tarred and Feathered" (#522), "To Be Real" (#620), "Beware the Jabberwock" (#670).<ref>{{cite web|title=Jon Ronson's segment on This American Life|url=https://www.thisamericanlife.org/archive?contributor=8996|access-date=3 May 2021|work=This American Life}}</ref>

Ronson hosted and wrote the podcast ''The Butterfly Effect'', which was released in November 2017 by [[Audible (store)|Audible]] and was subsequently made available on other podcasting platforms.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/08/mrs-fletcher-tom-perrotta-the-butterfly-effect-jon-ronson-porn-mainstream-culture/536220/|title=Jon Ronson and Tom Perrotta Explore the Aftershocks of Porn|last=Gilbert|first=Sophie|date=9 August 2017|website=The Atlantic|language=en-US|access-date=22 December 2018}}</ref> The show concerns internet pornography, and [[Fabian Thylmann]] and [[PornHub]]'s effect on the industry. Ronson subsequently also hosted and wrote the podcast ''The Last Days of August'', released in January 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/jan/11/the-last-days-of-august-review-ames-jon-ronson-podcast-porn-industry |title=The Last Days of August review – unsettling tale of a porn star's demise &#124; Television & radio |work=The Guardian |date=11 January 2019 |access-date=7 April 2019}}</ref> Its subject is the 2017 death of pornographic actress [[August Ames]].

Ronson returned to the BBC in 2021 with ''Things Fell Apart'': a podcast on the [[culture wars]] for [[BBC Sounds]] in a similar format to his previous works for Amazon.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0011ldn |title=Things Fell Apart |publisher=[[BBC Sounds]] |date=9 November 2021 |access-date=22 November 2021}}</ref>

=== Music ===
In the late 1980s, Ronson replaced [[Mark Radcliffe (radio broadcaster)|Mark Radcliffe]] as the [[keyboard player]] for the [[Frank Sidebottom]] band for a number of performances.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ronson |first=Jon |title=Oh blimey! |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2006/may/31/art.popandrock |work=The Guardian |access-date=27 November 2012 |location=London |date=31 May 2006}}</ref>

Ronson was the manager of the [[Manchester]] indie band [[The Man from Delmonte (band)]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Mostyn |first=Nicola |title=Mind blowing! |url=http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/entertainment/arts/s/136/136258_mind_blowing.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130421045619/http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/entertainment/arts/s/136/136258_mind_blowing.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 April 2013 |work=Manchester Evening News |access-date=27 November 2012 }}</ref>

=== Television ===
Ronson presented the late nineties talk show ''For the Love of...'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0402642 |title=For the Love of... |website=imdb.com}}</ref> in which each week he would interview a gathering of guests and experts on different phenomena and conspiracy theories.<ref>{{cite web |title=For the Love of... page on JonRonson.com |url=http://www.jonronson.com/for_the_love_of.html |access-date=27 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130103034814/http://www.jonronson.com/for_the_love_of.html |archive-date=3 January 2013  }}</ref> Ronson has also appeared as a guest on various shows, including ''[[Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/alan_davies_as_yet_untitled/videos/7578/jon_ronson_on_robbie_williams/|title=Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled|website=[[British Comedy Guide]]|access-date=13 January 2024}}</ref>

=== Films ===
Ronson sold the [[film rights]] to ''The Men Who Stare at Goats'', and subsequently a [[The Men Who Stare at Goats (film)|film of the same name]] was released in 2009 as a comedy [[war film]] directed by [[Grant Heslov]] and written by [[Peter Straughan]]. According to Ronson's DVD-commentary, the journalist-character Bob Wilton ([[Ewan McGregor]]) did experience some elements of Ronson's self-recounted story from the book. However, unlike Ronson, Wilton was an American from [[Ann Arbor]]. Also, unlike Ronson, Wilton went to Iraq.<ref name=DVD />

In the process of visiting the set during the shoot, Ronson began a collaborative writing project with Straughan.<ref name=DVD>''The Men Who Stare at Goats'', DVD commentary by Jon Ronson. OV 21370. [[Overture Films]], US. 2009.</ref> This was the screenplay for ''[[Frank (film)|Frank]]'', a 2014 [[black comedy]] inspired in part by Ronson's time in [[Chris Sievey|Frank Sidebottom]]'s band.<ref>Donald Clarke, [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2013/0209/1224329817381.html "First get Michael Fassbender for your film. Then give him a giant comedy head"], ''The Irish Times'', 9 February 2013</ref>

With [[Bong Joon-ho]], Ronson wrote the screenplay for the 2017 Netflix film ''[[Okja]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-netflixs-okja-trailer-reveals-bong-joon-hos-newest-creature-1004972|title=Cannes: Netflix's 'Okja' Trailer Reveals Bong Joon Ho's Newest Creature|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=21 June 2017|language=en}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Ronson and his wife Elaine have one son.<ref>{{cite news |first= Jon |last= Ronson |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2007/jul/28/weekend.jonronson |title=Jon Ronson on telling his son the worst swearword in the world &#124; Life and style |work=The Guardian |date=28 July 2007 |access-date=1 August 2013 |location= London}}</ref>

Ronson is <!--[[Cultural Judaism| not supported in the reference cited-->[[Jewish]]<ref>{{cite news |last= Ronson |first= Jon |date=21 October 2000 |title=Getting religious with Nicky Gumbel |url= https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2000/oct/21/weekend7.weekend |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=27 May 2015}}</ref> and is a "distinguished supporter" of [[Humanists UK]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.humanism.org.uk/about/people/distinguished-supporters |title=Distinguished Supporters |website= humanism.org.uk |publisher= British Humanist Association |access-date= 8 June 2010}}</ref><ref name="PatronsBHA">{{cite web |url= https://humanism.org.uk/about/our-people/patrons/ |title= Patrons of the BHA| website= humanism.org.uk |publisher=British Humanist Association |access-date=22 May 2015}}</ref> He is a fan of the football team [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal FC]] and has spoken of his "adoration" of the club.<ref>{{cite web |last=Mangan |first=Andrew |title=Arsene at 1000 + Arsecast 309 with Jon Ronson |date=21 March 2014 |url=http://arseblog.com/2014/03/arsene-at-1000-arsecast-309-with-jon-ronson/ |publisher=Arseblog |access-date=22 March 2014}}</ref>

In an interview for [[Louis Theroux]]'s ''Grounded'' podcast, Ronson states that he became a naturalised American citizen in early 2020.<ref> Grounded with Louis Theroux, podcast, episode 1 https://pca.st/episode/426a1757-76f1-4dde-8c0b-c548fd461312</ref>

== Works ==
=== Books ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date first published !! Title !! Publisher information
|-
| 27 October 1994 || ''Clubbed Class'' || [[Pavilion Books Ltd]], hardcover, {{ISBN|1-85793-320-6}}
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Them: Adventures with Extremists]]'' || [[Picador (imprint)|Picador]], hardcover, 2001, {{ISBN|0-330-37545-8}}<br /> [[Simon & Schuster]], hardcover, 2002, {{ISBN|0-7432-2707-7}}<br /> Simon & Schuster, paperback, 1 January 2003, {{ISBN|0-7432-3321-2}}
|-
| 19 November 2004 || ''[[The Men Who Stare at Goats]]'' || Picador, hardcover, {{ISBN|0-330-37547-4}}
|-
| 3 November 2006 || ''[[Out of the Ordinary: True Tales of Everyday Craziness]]'' || Picador/[[Guardian Books]], paperback, {{ISBN|0-330-44832-3}}
|-
| 2 November 2007 || ''What I Do: More True Tales Of Everyday Craziness'' || Picador/Guardian Books, paperback, {{ISBN|0-330-45373-4}}
|-
| 12 May 2011 || ''[[The Psychopath Test]]: A Journey Through the Madness Industry'' || [[Riverhead Books]], hardcover, {{ISBN|978-1-59448-801-6}}
|-
| 22 November 2011 || ''The Amazing Adventures of Phoenix Jones'' || [[Riverhead Books]], e-book
|-
| 30 October 2012 || ''[[Lost at Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries]]'' || Penguin Group, hardcover, {{ISBN|978-1-59463-137-5}}
|-
| 27 March 2014 || ''[[Frank: The True Story that Inspired the Movie]]'' || Picador, paperback, {{ISBN|978-1-4472-7137-6}}
|-
| 12 March 2015 || ''[[So You've Been Publicly Shamed]]'' || Picador, paperback, {{ISBN|978-0-33049-228-7}}
|-
| October 2016 || ''The Elephant in the Room: A Journey into the Trump Campaign and the 'Alt-Right''' || [[E-book]], [[Kindle single]]
|-
| October 2017 || ''The Butterfly Effect'' || podcast series
|-
| 3 January 2019 || ''The Last Days of August'' || Audible Originals, Audio book
|-
| 13 April 2023 || ''The Debutante: From High Society to White Supremacy'' || Audible Originals, Audio book
|}

=== Filmography ===
* ''The Ronson Mission'' (1993), [[BBC 2]]
* ''New York to California: A Great British Odyssey'' (1996), [[Channel 4]]
* ''Hotel Auschwitz'' (1996), [[BBC Radio 4]]
* ''Tottenham Ayatollah'' (1997), Channel 4
* ''Critical Condition'' (1997), Channel 4
* ''Dr Paisley, I Presume'' (1998), Channel 4
* ''New Klan'' (1999) Channel 4
* ''[[The Secret Rulers of the World]]'' (2001), Channel 4
* ''The Double Life of Jonathan King'' (2002), Channel 4
* ''Kidneys for Jesus'' (2003)<ref>{{cite AV media |last=Brian Birmingham|title=Kidneys for Jesus|date=28 August 2014 |via=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OovxGA8_uNY  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/OovxGA8_uNY |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=30 April 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Channel 4
* ''I Am, Unfortunately, Randy Newman'' (2004)<ref>{{cite AV media |last=MrRandomGuySr |title=I Am, Unfortunately, Randy Newman |date=15 February 2013 |via=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KX73Cwx61U  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/_KX73Cwx61U |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=30 April 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Channel 4
* ''Crazy Rulers of the World'' (2004), Channel 4
** Part 1: "The Men Who Stare at Goats"<ref>{{cite AV media |last=Universal_Eye |title=Crazy Rulers of the World – part 1 – The Men Who Stare At Goats |date=21 December 2013 |via=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAMIvDmWbQs  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/CAMIvDmWbQs |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=30 April 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
** Part 2: "Funny Torture"<ref>{{cite AV media |last=Universal_Eye|title=Crazy Rulers of the World – Part 2 – Funny Torture |date=14 July 2013 |via=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUf8KBjKBpM  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/QUf8KBjKBpM |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=30 April 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
** Part 3: "The Psychic Footsoldiers"<ref>{{cite AV media |last=TheDocumentaryChannel103 |title=Channel 4 – Jon Ronson – Crazy Rulers of the World – Episode 3 – The Psychic Footsoldiers (2004) |date=6 May 2014 |via=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHY7BWo1Q4c  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/BHY7BWo1Q4c |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=30 April 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* ''Death in Santaland'' (2007), [[More 4]], about a foiled [[school shooting]] plot in the Christmas-themed town of [[North Pole, Alaska]].
* ''Reverend Death'' (2008), Channel 4, about [[George Exoo]], an advocate of [[euthanasia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/health/microsites/R/reverend_death/|title=Reverend Death|work=Channel4.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090821032910/http://www.channel4.com/health/microsites/R/reverend_death/|archive-date=21 August 2009|url-status=dead|access-date=21 June 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2008/may/12/mentalhealth.health |title='I make it look like they died in their sleep' |first=Jon |last=Ronson |newspaper=The Guardian |date=12 May 2008}}</ref>
* ''[[Stanley Kubrick's Boxes]]'' (2008)
* ''Revelations'' (2009)
* ''Escape and Control'' (2011)<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS67CXqxH04  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/ZS67CXqxH04 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Trailer &#124; Escape and Control &#124; Jon Ronson |via=YouTube |date=23 August 2011 |access-date=3 April 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* ''[[Frank (film)|Frank]]'' (2014)
* ''[[Okja]]'' (2017)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.jonronson.com/okja.html |title = Okja |website=jonronson.com| access-date=17 June 2017}}</ref>
* ''[[Comrade Detective]]'' (2017) as Himself

=== Theatre ===

* ''[[Life and Trust]]'' (2024)

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* {{Official website}}
* [http://www.picador.com/Authors/Jon-Ronson Picador] UK publisher's author page
* [https://archive.today/20140811234440/http://www.jonronson.com/ronsonon.html Jon Ronson On...] radio programme
* [https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jonronson Ronson's Column Archive], ''The Guardian''
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* {{C-SPAN|92603}}
* [http://www.c-span.org/video/?325619-1/depth-jon-ronson ''In Depth'' interview with Ronson], 3 May 2015

;Interviews
* [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/201/Them My friend the extremist: Omar Bakri], ''[[This American Life]]'', 7 December 2001
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060813135705/http://dir.salon.com/story/people/conv/2002/03/14/ronson/index.html Interview], Joanna Smith Rakoff, ''Salon.com'', 14 March 2002
* [http://www.threemonkeysonline.com/threemon_article_men_who_stare_at_goats_jon_ronson.htm Interview], Andrew Lawless, ''threemonkeysonline.com'', February 2005
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050309215651/http://www.rinf.com/articles/jon-ronson-q-a.html Interview], ''rinf.com'', February 2005
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070511214829/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/elizabeth.ercocklly/jon.htm Biographical Interview], Anthony Brockway, ''ntlworld.com'', May 2005
* [http://blip.tv/play/gdw6gcybDgI%2Em4v Video interview]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, [[Robert Llewellyn]] on ''[[Carpool (web series)|Carpool]]'', ''[[blip.tv]]''
* [https://archive.today/20130127213816/http://www.littleatoms.com/jonronson.htm Jon Ronson audio interviews (2005–2009)], ''littleatoms.com''

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