Josh Levin
Josh Levin | |
|---|---|
| Born | Joshua Benjamin Levin March 15, 1980[1] New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Education | Brown University |
| Occupation | Executive editor of Slate magazine |
Notable credit(s) | Slate magazine, Hang Up and Listen |
| Website | http://www.josh-levin.com/ |
Joshua Benjamin Levin (born March 15, 1980) is an American writer and the executive editor at Slate magazine. Levin also hosts the magazine's sports podcast, Hang Up and Listen.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Levin was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. He attended Brown University, where he earned degrees in computer science and history.[2]
Career[]
After graduating from Brown, Levin began his journalism career as an intern at the Washington City Paper in Washington, D.C. He joined Slate in 2003, where he is currently a senior editor. He edits the magazine's sports and technology sections.[3]
In addition to writing and editing, he also hosts Slate's sports podcast Hang Up and Listen with the journalist Stefan Fatsis.[4]
In 2013, for Slate, Levin wrote an article on Linda Taylor, a woman that was dubbed by the Chicago Tribune and Ronald Reagan as a "welfare queen."[5][6] The article, which explored Taylor's history of criminal acts, some allegedly neglected by the authorities and more serious than those for which she was convicted,[5] was praised by media sources.[7][8] The Washington Monthly described Levin's article as "the most fascinating true crime read of the year."[6]
In 2019, Levin wrote The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth. The book expanded upon the life of Linda Taylor and her repeated acts of fraud and theft.[9] The book won the 2019 National Book Critics Circle Award (Biography).[10] Levin also hosted the Slate podcast, The Queen, a four-episode mini series about Linda Taylor and Regaan-era politics, along with two bonus episodes.[11][12]
Awards[]
- Association of Alternative Newsweeklies' Media Reporting/Criticism Award in 2004 — for the article titled "Off Target", co-written with Erik Wemple, published in the Washington City Paper which helped to break the Jayson Blair plagiarism scandal.[13]
References[]
- ^ https://twitter.com/pergam/status/47569240202547200
- ^ "Josh Levin (Tumblr page)". Retrieved 31 March 2010.
- ^ "Who We Are". Slate. Archived from the original on 20 June 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
- ^ "Hang Up and Listen podcast". Slate. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Levin, Josh. "The Real Story of Linda Taylor, America's Original Welfare Queen". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Slate.com's Josh Levin has published the most fascinating true crime read of the year — and it has an important public policy twist". Washington Monthly. 2013-12-22. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
- ^ Jones, Allie. "Everyone Missed the Real Story of Chicago's 'Welfare Queen'". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
- ^ "The Truth Behind The Lies Of The Original 'Welfare Queen'". NPR.org. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
- ^ Levin, Josh (2019). The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind An American Myth. Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 978-0-316-51330-2.
- ^ Beth Parker (March 12, 2020). "Announcing the 2019 Award Winners". bookcritics.org. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
- ^ "The Queen". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
- ^ "The Queen Explores the Life of Linda Taylor, America's Original "Welfare Queen"". Podcast Review. 2019-07-09. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
- ^ "Awards: Media Reporting/Criticism 2004". Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
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