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Born | McLean, Virginia, U.S. | May 18, 1986
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Alma mater | Northwestern University |
Derek Kahn Thompson (born May 18, 1986)[ citation needed] is an American podcaster and journalist. A self-described progressive, [1] he is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of Hit Makers: How to Succeed in an Age of Distraction.
Derek Thompson was born in McLean, Virginia, the son of Robert Thompson and Petra Kahn. [2] [3] Before graduating from high school, he appeared in several theatrical productions at the Folger Shakespeare Theater [4] and the Shakespeare Theater. [5] After attending the Potomac School, Thompson graduated from Northwestern University in 2008. [6] [7]
Thompson has been a writer at The Atlantic since 2009. [8] Starting in November 2021, Thompson began hosting a weekly headline podcast entitled Plain English, part of The Ringer Podcast Network. [9] In 2018, he became the host of the technology and science podcast Crazy/Genius, which was nominated for an iHeartMedia Best Podcast Award in its first year. [10]
Thompson has written two cover stories for the magazine. The first, "A World Without Work", is a widely referenced [11] [12] essay on the meaning of work and automation's threat to the labor force. The second was a lengthy profile of X, the research and development division of Alphabet. [13]
In 2017, Thompson published his first book, Hit Makers: How to Succeed in an Age of Distraction. It was a national bestseller [14] and winner of the American Marketing Association's Leonard L. Berry Marketing Book Award for the best marketing book of 2018. [15]
As of 2018 [update], Thompson and his wife reside in Washington, D.C.. [16]
Derek Thompson | |
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Born | McLean, Virginia, U.S. | May 18, 1986
Occupation |
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Alma mater | Northwestern University |
Derek Kahn Thompson (born May 18, 1986)[ citation needed] is an American podcaster and journalist. A self-described progressive, [1] he is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of Hit Makers: How to Succeed in an Age of Distraction.
Derek Thompson was born in McLean, Virginia, the son of Robert Thompson and Petra Kahn. [2] [3] Before graduating from high school, he appeared in several theatrical productions at the Folger Shakespeare Theater [4] and the Shakespeare Theater. [5] After attending the Potomac School, Thompson graduated from Northwestern University in 2008. [6] [7]
Thompson has been a writer at The Atlantic since 2009. [8] Starting in November 2021, Thompson began hosting a weekly headline podcast entitled Plain English, part of The Ringer Podcast Network. [9] In 2018, he became the host of the technology and science podcast Crazy/Genius, which was nominated for an iHeartMedia Best Podcast Award in its first year. [10]
Thompson has written two cover stories for the magazine. The first, "A World Without Work", is a widely referenced [11] [12] essay on the meaning of work and automation's threat to the labor force. The second was a lengthy profile of X, the research and development division of Alphabet. [13]
In 2017, Thompson published his first book, Hit Makers: How to Succeed in an Age of Distraction. It was a national bestseller [14] and winner of the American Marketing Association's Leonard L. Berry Marketing Book Award for the best marketing book of 2018. [15]
As of 2018 [update], Thompson and his wife reside in Washington, D.C.. [16]