James Poniewozik

James "Jim" Poniewozik (; born July 12, 1968) is an American journalist and television critic. He is the chief TV critic for ''The New York Times''. Earlier in his career, he wrote ''Time'' magazine's ''Tuned In'' column for 16 years.

Early life

Originally from Monroe, Michigan, Poniewozik's father was Catholic, and of Polish descent. His mother was Jewish from a Sephardi background from Morocco. Poniewozik attended the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, graduating with a BA in English (1986–1990). He subsequently attended but did not complete the graduate program in fiction writing at New York University.

Career

Poniewozik has contributed to publications such as ''The New York Times Book Review'', ''Fortune'', and ''Rolling Stone''. From 1997 to 1999, he was the media critic and editor of the media section at ''Salon''.

Poniewozik was ''Time'' magazine's television critic from 1999 to 2015. In 2005, he began writing ''Time''s first blog, ''Tuned In'', a commentary on television and related media. His work at time has been called "one of the most prominent voices analyzing the modern TV revolution today." In August 2015, it was announced that he would join ''The New York Times'' culture desk as chief television critic.

Liveright published his book, ''Audience of One: Donald Trump, Television, and the Fracturing of America'', in September 2019.

Personal life

Poniewozik lives in Brooklyn. He attended church as a child, and became an atheist as a teenager; he has since described himself as "culturally Jewish".

References

External links

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Time's Tuned In

1968 births
Living people
Jewish American atheists
American people of Moroccan-Jewish descent
American television critics
Former Roman Catholics
Jewish American journalists
New York University alumni
The New York Times people
University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts alumni
American people of Polish descent
American Sephardic Jews

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