Marc Aaron Tracy is an American journalist. He is a reporter on the Culture desk at ''

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.'' Tracy was a staff writer at ''

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'' and at '' Tablet'', where he won a National Magazine Award for Blogging. He also won a

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in 2012 for co-editing the anthology ''Jewish Jocks: An Unorthodox Hall of Fame''.

Biography

Tracy received his BA from

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in 2007. He was a senior editor for ''

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'' and a writer for the ''

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''. Tracy started his journalism career at '' Tablet'' magazine, where he ran the blog that won the last National Magazine Award given for blogging. While editing ''Tablet'''s blog, Tracy approached

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about writing a sports-themed book, which eventually led to the idea for the anthology ''Jewish Jocks''. The book won a 2012

. ''

'' hired Tracy as a staff writer in 2012, writing about the media, politics and

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intelligentsia. In 2014, Tracy joined the staff of ''

,'' covering college athletics for the paper's Sports desk''.'' He joined the Business desk in 2019, covering topics in the media industry including the decline of local print media and

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. In 2022, Tracy joined the paper's Culture desk to cover debates about representation and politics in the arts.

Personal life

Tracy is married to

Amanda Hess Amanda Stromwall Hess is an American journalist known for her coverage of internet culture. She is a critic-at-large for ''The New York Times'' who has also written for magazines including ''Wired'', ''ESPN'', and ''Elle''. Early life Amanda Hes ...

, who is also a journalist and critic at ''

''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tracy, Marc Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Columbia College (New York) alumni The New York Times people The New Republic people American journalists National Jewish Book Award winners