Amy Davidson Sorkin

Amy Davidson Sorkin (formerly Amy Davidson) is an American author, journalist and magazine editor.

Amy Davidson Sorkin
Davidson Sorkin at New America NYC in 2015
Born
Amy Davidson
NationalityAmerican
EducationA.B. Harvard University
OccupationJournalist
Writer
Spouse(s)David James Sorkin

Biography

Davidson Sorkin grew up in New York City, graduating from Hunter College High School,[1] and attended Harvard University, where she received an AB in Social Studies. Before joining The New Yorker, she lived and worked in Germany.[2]

Davidson Sorkin joined The New Yorker magazine in 1995. In 1997, she became co-deputy head of the magazine's fact-checking department; in 2000, she was named an associate editor; in 2003, she was named senior editor. She became a staff writer in 2015[3] and focuses on politics and international affairs.[4] Her editing contributions to The New Yorker have won the National Magazine Award and the George Polk Award. Davidson Sorkin is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.[5]

Personal life

Amy Davidson and David James Sorkin, the general counsel of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, were married on June 24, 2017 in a Jewish ceremony in Manhattan at the New-York Historical Society.[6] Subsequently, she began to publish under the name Amy Davidson Sorkin.[7][8]

Bibliography

Essays and reporting

  • Davidson, Amy (December 2, 2013). "Heal thyself". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 89 (39): 21–22.
  • (February 3, 2014). "Game change". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 89 (47): 19–20.[9]
  • (July 28, 2014). "Crossing borders". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 90 (21): 21–22.
  • (December 15, 2014). "Safer streets". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 90 (40): 21–22.
  • (February 9, 2015). "God and the G.O.P." The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 90 (47): 17–18.
  • (March 16, 2015). "Atomic clocks". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 91 (4): 19–20.[10]
  • (April 20, 2015). "What videos show". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 91 (9): 29–30.[11]
  • (May 18, 2015). "Unclear dangers". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 91 (13): 33–34.
  • (August 3, 2015). "Broken". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 91 (22): 17–18.
  • (March 21, 2016). "Conventional wisdom". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 92 (6): 31–32.
  • (November 7, 2016). "October surprises". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 92 (36): 15–16.[12]
  • (January 2, 2017). "Mrs. Obama". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 92 (43): 17–18.[13]
  • (June 19, 2017). "The man in the room". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 93 (17): 19–20.[14]
  • (July 3, 2017). "Feeling worse". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 93 (19): 17–18.[15]
  • Sorkin, Amy Davidson (August 21, 2017). "Misdiagnosing a crisis". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 93 (24): 15–16.[16]
  • (November 6, 2017). "The silent majority". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 93 (35): 17–18.[17]
  • (October 1, 2018). "The next confirmation". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 94 (30).
  • (November 18, 2019). "Alter-ego trips". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 95 (36): 17–18.[18]
  • (June 1, 2020). "Safer schools". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 96 (15): 11–12.[19]
  • (August 17, 2020). "Failing schools". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 96 (23): 11–12.[20]

Close Read columns from newyorker.com

Conversation columns from newyorker.com

Daily Comment columns from newyorker.com

New Yorker live columns from newyorker.com

Q. & A. columns from newyorker.com

References

  1. Amy Davidson on linkedin.com (accessed 13 May 2013)
  2. The New Yorker website, accessed 2 January 2013
  3. Amy Davidson on linkedin.com (accessed 9th March 2015)
  4. The Harvard University website, accessed 30 May 2011
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-05-18. Retrieved 2011-05-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Center for Communication website, accessed 30 May 2011
  6. "Amy Davidson, David Sorkin". New York Times. June 25, 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  7. Note that contributions to The New Yorker published by Davidson before her marriage to Sorkin are now being attributed to Amy Davidson Sorkin.
  8. "Contributors: Amy Davidson Sorkin". The New Yorker. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  9. Richard Sherman.
  10. Online version is titled "The Iran countdown".
  11. Online version is titled "A video isn’t enough".
  12. Online version is titled "Yet more e-mail trouble for Clinton".
  13. Online version is titled "Michelle Obama and us".
  14. Online version is titled "The only man in the room with Trump".
  15. Online version is titled "The Senate's disastrous health-care Bill".
  16. Online version is titled "Trump misdiagnoses the opioid crisis".
  17. Online version is titled "Jeff Flake and the G.O.P.’s complicity problem".
  18. Online version is titled "Trump’s frantic fight for immunity".
  19. Online version is titled "The complex question of reopening schools".
  20. Online version is titled "The woeful inadequacy of school-reopening plans".


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