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Name Blake Hounshell

Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB September 4, 1978 – January 10, 2023. He passed away at the age of 44.

Wedding & Marriage / Husband / Partner / Marital Status Was married. Check the full bio for relationship details.

Biography Information / Profile Background

Introduction :

Blake Hounshell was an American journalist and a former Editor in Chief of Politico magazine. He had served as the managing editor of Foreign Policy magazine, and later as the overseer of the widely read “On Politics” newsletter at The New York Times. He passed away in Jan 2023 in Washington at the age of 44.
He was well-known for his sharp analysis of politics and culture in the Middle East.

Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education

Blake Hounshell was born in California, United States.
He resided in Washington D.C. with his wife, the musician Sandy Choi, and their two children, , David and Astrid.

Hounshell attended the Yale University from 1997 to 2002. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Political Science and Government.

Books, Salary, Net worth and Career =

Blake joined Politico in 2013 and ater became their Editor in Chief. He was the managing editor of “Foreign Policy” magazine, where he had been working since 2006.

During his time as an editor for “Foreign Policy,” the magazine was nominated for 10 National Magazine Awards.
Hounshell joined The New York Times in 2021, where he authored the “On Politics” newsletter from Washington and collaborated with other Times correspondents. The newsletter, which is published five days a week, has an estimated half-million paying subscribers.
He has edited and written books alongside other professionals, such as The Southern Tiger: Chile’s Fight for a Democratic and Prosperous Future, published in 2012, and Revolution in the Arab World: Tunisia, Egypt, and the Unmaking of an Era.

Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :

Blake learned to speak Arabic while living in Cairo, Egypt, in the early 2000s. This experience also won him a place in the final for the “Livingston Awards Prize for Young Journalists,” for his reporting on the Arab uprisings.
Blake’s colleagues have praised his work ethic multiple times. Fellow journalist Susan Glasser has described him as a “nonstop ideas machine” for his creativity and first-rate execution.

When he joined Politico, the editors quoted to the digital platform “AdWeek” in an interview that they expect Hounshell to “bring the relentless energy, creativity and elevated sensibility” he had brought to their news coverage before.
At the beginning of 2010, he was living in the capital city of the State of Qatar, due to his job as a journalist, and was interviewed by the “Aljazeera Forum.” He pointed out the valuable insights that living among the natives had given him in terms of political investigation and analysis.
Among his most popular articles, there obviously are some about Donald Trump’s government, his Presidential campaign and Hillary Clinton’s too.

Social Media Use :

Blake had over 200K followers on Twitter (now called X), his most used social media account. He used to interact with his followers and posts news that can be usually found on digital platforms he edits.
In 2011, his Twitter (now called X) account was named one of Time Magazine’s “140 Best Twitter Feeds,” which has earned him the title of “round-the-clock tweeter.”

Blake had been forthright when it comes to giving his opinion, and his readers congratulate this characteristic most of the time. He usually addressed sensitive political topics on Twitter (now called X) and used to directly reply to some fellow journalists or politicians when he considered they were wrong.

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