Jason Zengerle

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Jason Gray Zengerle is a political reporter. Since December 2025, he is a staff writer at the The New Yorker . [1] According to Politico writer Hadas Gold, Zengerle is "known for his deep dives into political themes." [2]

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Education

Zengerle attended Landon School, a private all-boys preparatory school in Bethesda, Maryland, graduating in 1992. [3] He then studied at Swarthmore College, graduating in 1996. [4] He has subsequently been a member of the Swarthmore Alumni Council. [5] [6]

Career

Early in his career, he was a writing fellow at the American Prospect . [7]

His 2007 article "The Accidental Populist," originally published in The New Republic was anthologized in Best American Political Writing 2007. [8] [9]

A 2012 profile of Peter Beinart for the New York magazine following the publication of Beinart's book, The Crisis of Zionism, received praise from Ira Glunts in Mondoweiss and Marc Tracy in Tablet . [10] [11] [12] Beginning in 2013, Zengerle was a staff writer at Politico , and meanwhile a GQ Magazine contributor. [13] [14]

He was hired as a senior editor at the The New Republic by Franklin Foer, the magazine's editor, in early 2014, [15] but left the magazine in December 2014 as part of a wider exodus when owner Chris Hughes took closer control and appointed Gabriel Snyder as editor. [14] In 2015, he became political correspondent at GQ Magazine. [14] At the same time, he became a contributing editor for New York Magazine. [14]

In 2016, he left New York Magazine to become a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine , while continuing at GQ. [2]

Zengerle received the 2019 Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting from the Newhouse School at Syracuse University. [16] [17] In 2023, Zengerle was a national fellow at think tank New America. [18] [19]

Since December 2025, he has been a staff writer at The New Yorker. [1] In 2026, he published a biography of Tucker Carlson, Hated By All the Right People. [20] Zengerle's book was written without Carlson's cooperation. [21] The New York Times called the book "breezy, entertaining and ultimately disquieting." [22]

Personal life

Zengerle is married and lives with his wife, a physician and fellow Swarthmore graduate, and two children in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. [3] [6]

References

  1. 1 2 Huston, Caitlin (9 December 2025). "Emily Nussbaum Named Theatre Critic at The New Yorker". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 28 January 2026.
  2. 1 2 Gold, Hadas (27 December 2016). "Jason Zengerle joins The New York Times Magazine". Politico Media. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
  3. 1 2 "News Post". Landon. 27 January 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
  4. ↑ "Politics, Unpacked". Swarthmore College Bulletin. CXVII (1). Swarthmore College. Fall 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
  5. ↑ "SwatTalk: "How Swarthmore Realized Its Hoop Dreams"". Swarthmore College. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
  6. 1 2 "Alumni Council Directory 2025-26". Swarthmore College . Retrieved 28 January 2026.
  7. ↑ Starr, Paul (22 May 2005). "Little Magazine, Big Ideas". The American Prospect. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
  8. ↑ Zebgerle, Jason (22 January 2007). "John Edwards: Poor man's candidate". The New Republic. ISSN   0028-6583.
  9. ↑ Flippin, Royce, ed. (2007). The best American political writing 2007. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press. ISBN   9781568583433.
  10. ↑ Zengerle, Jason (1 June 2012). "Why Peter Beinart Didn't Predict the Liberal Response to His New Book". New York Magazine . Retrieved 28 January 2026.
  11. ↑ Glunts, Ira (10 June 2012). "Let's praise Zengerle's profile of Beinart". Mondoweiss. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
  12. ↑ Tracy, Marc (4 June 2012). "Peter Beinart Has Feature in 'New York' by Jason Zengerle". Tablet Magazine. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
  13. ↑ Rothstein, Betsy (12 August 2013). "Politico Hires New York Mag Contributing Editor and Puts Glenn Thrush in New Role" . Retrieved 28 January 2026.
  14. 1 2 3 4 Gold, Hadas (13 January 2015). "Jason Zengerle named GQ political correspondent". Politico . Retrieved 28 January 2026.
  15. ↑ "Jason Zengerle joins The New Republic as Senior Editor" (Press Release). The New Republic . 21 February 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
  16. ↑ Loughlin, Wendy S. (25 March 2019). "Jason Zengerle is the winner of the Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting". Newhouse School. Syracuse University . Retrieved 28 January 2026.
  17. ↑ Cox, Erin (26 March 2019). "'You are not the enemy of the people': Maryland Gov. Hogan praises press corps". The Washington Post . Retrieved 28 January 2026.
  18. ↑ "Jason Zengerle". New America. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
  19. ↑ "New America Announces National Class of Fellows 2023" (press release). New America. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
  20. ↑ Zengerle, Jason (2025). Hated by all the right people. New York: Zando — Crooked Media Reads. ISBN   9781638932932.
  21. ↑ Conroy, J. Oliver (24 January 2026). "'What the hell happened' to Tucker Carlson? A new book tries to find out". The Guardian . Retrieved 28 January 2026.
  22. ↑ Burns, Jennifer (27 January 2026). "How Did Tucker Carlson Get This Way? How Did America?". New York Times . Retrieved 28 January 2026.
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