In 1998 he became editor, succeeding Tina Brown. Remnick’s 1997 New Yorker article “Kid Dynamite Blows Up,” about boxer Mike Tyson, was nominated for a National Magazine Award. Remnick became a staff writer at The New Yorker in September, 1992, after ten years at The Washington Post. He also received the George Polk Award for excellence in journalism. After six years, in 1988, he became the newspaper’s Moscow correspondent, which provided him with the material for Lenin's Tomb. His first assignment was to cover the United States Football League. He began his reporting career at The Washington Post in 1982 shortly after his graduation from Princeton. He enjoys jazz music and classic cinema and is fluent in Russian. He is married to reporter Esther Fein of The New York Times and has three children, Alex, Noah, and Natasha.

Remnick wanted to be a writer, so he chose a career in journalism, taking a job at The Washington Post. Remnick has implied that after college he wanted to write novels, but due to his parents’ illnesses, he needed a paying job-there was no trust fund to rely on. in comparative literature there, he met writer John McPhee and helped found The Nassau Weekly. He graduated from Princeton University in 1981 with an A.B. He was raised in Hillsdale, New Jersey, in a secular Jewish home with, he has said, “a lot of books around.” He is also childhood friends with comedian Bill Maher. Remnick, and an art teacher, Barbara (Seigel). Remnick was born in Hackensack, New Jersey, the son of a dentist, Edward C.

In 2010 he published his sixth book, The Bridge The Life and Rise of Barack Obama. He has also served on the New York Public Library’s board of trustees. Before joining The New Yorker, Remnick was a reporter and the Moscow correspondent for The Washington Post. He was named Editor of the Year by Advertising Age in 2000.

Remnick has been editor of The New Yorker magazine since 1998. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1994 for his book Lenin s Tomb The Last Days of the Soviet Empire. He was raised in Hillsdale, New Jersey, in a secular Je David Remnick (born October 29, 1958) is an American journalist, writer, and magazine editor. David Remnick (born October 29, 1958) is an American journalist, writer, and magazine editor.

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