Steven Clemons

Steven Clemons

Steven Clemons at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the New Champions in 2010
Born Steven Craig Clemons
1962
Salina, Kansas

Steven Craig Clemons (born 1962) is an American journalist and blogger. He was appointed Washington editor-at-large of The Atlantic and editor-in-chief of AtlanticLIVE, the magazine's live events series, in May 2011.[1] Clemons also serves as editor-at-large[2] of Quartz,[3] a digital financial publication owned by Atlantic Media.

Clemons also publishes the political blog, The Washington Note.[4] He is a former staff member of Senator Jeff Bingaman. Clemons is also Director of the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation where he previously served as Executive Vice President, and the former director of the Japan Policy Research Institute [5] which he co-founded[6] with Chalmers Johnson. The New America Foundation has been described as radical centrist in orientation,[7] and Clemons characterizes himself as a "progressive realist".[8]

Background

Clemons is the former executive vice president of Economic Strategy Institute, former executive director of the Nixon Center for Peace and Freedom (now the Center for the National Interest), and served as Senator Jeff Bingaman's Senior Policy Advisor on Economic and International Affairs.[9] He has also served on the advisory board to the Center for U.S.-Japan Relations at the RAND Corporation. Earlier in his career, Clemons was the executive director of the Japan America Society of Southern California from 1987 to 1994.[10]

In 1993, Clemons was the technical advisor for the film Rising Sun, which starred Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes. Clemons also had a role as a talk show host.[11] He also had a role in the film State of Play, starring Ben Affleck.[12]

Clemons also serves on the Board of Advisors of the C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience[13] at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland and the Clarke Center[14] at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

Blogging

Clemons is perhaps best known for his blog The Washington Note,[15] a blog that focuses on foreign policy issues, as well as general US policy debates. In 2010, TIME Magazine selected Clemons' blog as one of TIME's Best Blogs of the year.[16]

His articles have appeared in blogs such as The Huffington Post,[17] and Daily Kos,[18] as well as major publications around the country.

References

  1. ↑ FishbowlNY (2011). Steve Clemons Named Editor-in-Chief of AtlanticLIVE. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Aspen Ideas Festival Speaker". Retrieved June 17, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Quartz Homepage". Retrieved June 17, 2013.
  4. ↑ "The Washington Note". The Washington Note. Retrieved May 2, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Japan Policy Research Institute". Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  6. ↑ Remembering the life and work of Chalmers Johnson. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
  7. ↑ Morin, Richard; Deane, Claudia (10 December 2001). "Big Thinker. Ted Halstead’s New America Foundation Has It All: Money, Brains and Buzz". The Washington Post, Style section, p. 1.
  8. ↑ "diavlogs". Bloggingheads.tv. 2012-04-26. Retrieved May 2, 2012.
  9. ↑ Archived February 6, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
  10. ↑ http://www.clarkecenter.org/ABOUTUS/board.html
  11. ↑ http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/2006_01.php
  12. ↑ "Steve Clemons: State of Play?". Huffingtonpost.com. March 10, 2008. Retrieved May 2, 2012.
  13. ↑ "The C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience". Starrcenter.washcoll.edu. Retrieved May 2, 2012.
  14. ↑ http://www.clarkecenter.org/
  15. ↑ "The Washington Note". The Washington Note. Retrieved 2012-05-03.
  16. ↑ "Best Blogs of 2010 The Washington Note by Dan Fletcher". Time. June 28, 2010. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
  17. ↑ "Steve Clemons: Paul Wolfowitz Busy Neo-Conning the World Bank: Staff Rebellion Brewing". Huffingtonpost.com. January 20, 2006. Retrieved May 2, 2012.
  18. ↑ "Clemons: Indictments tomorrow". Daily Kos. October 25, 2005. Retrieved May 2, 2012.

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