Isaac Chotiner (pronounced ) is an American journalist and interviewer, best known for his in-depth interviews with prominent political and cultural figures for ''
The New Yorker
''The New Yorker'' is an American magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. It was founded on February 21, 1925, by Harold Ross and his wife Jane Grant, a reporter for ''The New York T ...
''. He has been recognized for his probing interviewing style, which often elicits revealing and unexpected responses from his subjects.
Career
Chotiner completed his education at the
University of California, Davis
The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Davis, California, United States. It is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University ...
. He began his career as a staff writer at ''
The New Republic
''The New Republic'' (often abbreviated as ''TNR'') is an American magazine focused on domestic politics, news, culture, and the arts from a left-wing perspective. It publishes ten print magazines a year and a daily online platform. ''The New Y ...
'', where he wrote on politics and culture, and later became a contributor to ''
Slate
Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous, metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade, regional metamorphism. It is the finest-grained foliated metamorphic ro ...
'', where he hosted a podcast and wrote on a range of topics.
In 2018 Chotiner joined ''
The New Yorker
''The New Yorker'' is an American magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. It was founded on February 21, 1925, by Harold Ross and his wife Jane Grant, a reporter for ''The New York T ...
'' as a staff writer, where he became known for his in-depth interviews. His work has earned him a reputation for conducting interviews with a persistence that often causes subjects to cast an unflattering light on themselves.
Bibliography
* Isaac Chotiner, "A Dangerous Man: Why Congo's independence leader Patrice Lumumba had to die" (review of
Stuart A. Reid, ''The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination'', Knopf, 2023), ''
The New Yorker
''The New Yorker'' is an American magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. It was founded on February 21, 1925, by Harold Ross and his wife Jane Grant, a reporter for ''The New York T ...
'', 6 November 2023, pp. 67–70.
References
External links
Articles by Isaac Chotinerat ''The New Yorker''
Isaac Chotiner on Twitter
American journalists
University of California, Davis alumni
The New Yorker people
The New Republic people
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
20th-century American writers
21st-century American writers
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