Primary Job Title Member of the Board of Directors Primary Organization DonorsChoose
Location Montclair, New Jersey, United States Regions Greater New York Area, East Coast, Northeastern US Gender Male
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Jonathan is an award-winning author, reporter, columnist and television analyst. Since 2011, Jonathan has written a column for Bloomberg View, a worldwide commentary site housed under Bloomberg News. He spent 28 years at Newsweek, where he was a longtime senior editor and columnist and wrote more than 50 cover stories. He has also written for The
New York Times, The Washington Post, The Washington Monthly, The Atlantic, Vanity Fair, The New Republic and other publications.
Since 1996, Jonathan has been an analyst and contributing correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC. His 2010 book, "The Promise: President Obama, Year One," went to #4 on the New York Times Nonfiction Bestseller List and was one of the Times' "Notable Books" of the year. "The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope," published in 2006, was also a bestseller.
