Amy Davidson Sorkin | |
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Born | Amy Davidson 1969 or 1970 (age 53–54) |
Nationality | American |
Education | A.B. Harvard University |
Occupation(s) | Journalist Writer |
Spouse | David James Sorkin |
Amy Davidson Sorkin (formerly Amy Davidson; born 1969 or 1970)[1] is an American author, journalist and magazine editor.
Biography
Amy Davidson grew up in New York City. She graduated from Hunter College High School,[2] and attended Harvard University, where she received an AB in Social Studies. Before joining The New Yorker, she lived and worked in Germany.[3]
Davidson 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[4] and focuses on politics and international affairs.[5] Her editing contributions to The New Yorker have won the National Magazine Award and the George Polk Award. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.[6]
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.[1] Subsequently, she began to publish under the name Amy Davidson Sorkin.[7][8]
Davidson Sorkin's first marriage ended with the death of her husband.[1]
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.[lower-alpha 1]
- — (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.[lower-alpha 2]
- — (April 20, 2015). "What videos show". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 91 (9): 29–30.[lower-alpha 3]
- — (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.
- — (January 25, 2016). "Radical measures". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 91 (45): 19–20.[lower-alpha 4]
- — (February 22, 2016). "Courting Black voters". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 92 (2): 17–18.[lower-alpha 5]
- — (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.[lower-alpha 6]
- — (January 2, 2017). "Mrs. Obama". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 92 (43): 17–18.[lower-alpha 7]
- — (January 30, 2017). "Trump takes the oath". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 92 (47): 17–18.[lower-alpha 8]
- — (June 19, 2017). "The man in the room". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 93 (17): 19–20.[lower-alpha 9]
- — (July 3, 2017). "Feeling worse". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 93 (19): 17–18.[lower-alpha 10]
- Sorkin, Amy Davidson (August 21, 2017). "Misdiagnosing a crisis". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 93 (24): 15–16.[lower-alpha 11]
- — (November 6, 2017). "The silent majority". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 93 (35): 17–18.[lower-alpha 12]
- — (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.[lower-alpha 13]
- — (June 1, 2020). "Safer schools". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 96 (15): 11–12.[lower-alpha 14]
- — (August 17, 2020). "Failing schools". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 96 (23): 11–12.[lower-alpha 15]
- — (September 7, 2020). "Out of control". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 96 (26): 17, 20.[lower-alpha 16]
- — (December 28, 2020). "Ladies and gentlemen". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 96 (42): 17–18.[lower-alpha 17]
- — (January 25, 2021). "Fear itself". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 96 (45): 11–12.[lower-alpha 18]
- — (June 21, 2021). "Viral theories". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 97 (17): 13–14.[lower-alpha 19]
- — (September 20, 2021). "Forever trial". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 97 (29): 13–14.[lower-alpha 20]
- — (October 4, 2021). "Stock answers". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 97 (31): 15–16.[lower-alpha 21]
- — (May 16, 2022). "After the leak". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 98 (12): 17–18.[lower-alpha 22]
- — (May 30, 2022). "Gun country". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 98 (14): 13–14.[lower-alpha 23]
- — (October 10, 2022). "Spooked : what's wrong with the C.I.A.?". The Critics. A Critic at Large. The New Yorker. 98 (32): 60–65.[lower-alpha 24]
- — (February 13–20, 2023). "Hitting the ceiling". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 99 (1): 13–14.[lower-alpha 25]
Columns from newyorker.com
- Close Read
- Davidson, Amy (January 26, 2009). "Yoga fatwa, political football".
- — (January 27, 2009). "The other Gitmo, mean Troy".
- — (January 28, 2009). "Bad precedent, Terrible Towel".
- — (January 29, 2009). "Peanut butter and Favre".
- — (July 23, 2009). "Stupid arrests, outrageous cases".
- Conversation
- Davidson, Amy (September 11, 2006). "The world after 9/11".
- Daily Comment
- Sorkin, Amy Davidson (December 27, 2017). "Lessons from an unseemly presidential transition—from Hoover to F.D.R."
- — (September 6, 2018). "At his Supreme Court hearing, Brett Kavanaugh provides evasive answers on 9/11 and war crimes".
- New Yorker Blog
- Davidson, Amy (January 21, 2009). "Nancy and Michelle".
- New Yorker Festival
- Davidson, Amy (October 3, 2008). "Brothers and sisters".
- — (October 4, 2008). "Toss-ups".
- News Desk
- Davidson, Amy (January 27, 2009). "Owner of steel".
- Q. & A.
- Davidson, Amy (November 3, 2003). "The American style".
- — (February 13, 2006). "The nuclear edge".
- — (February 27, 2006). "The democracy question".
- — (March 27, 2006). "After the warlords".
- — (May 29, 2006). "Can the Dems do it?".
- — (July 10, 2006). "Missed opportunities".
- — (October 16, 2006). "Not a drop to` drink?".
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- Notes
- ↑ Richard Sherman.
- ↑ Online version is titled "The Iran countdown".
- ↑ Online version is titled "A video isn’t enough".
- ↑ Title in the online table of contents is "Hillary feels the Bern".
- ↑ Title in the online table of contents is "Clinton and Sanders court Black voters".
- ↑ Online version is titled "Yet more e-mail trouble for Clinton".
- ↑ Online version is titled "Michelle Obama and us".
- ↑ Online version is titled "Bitterness and resentment at Trump’s Inauguration".
- ↑ Online version is titled "The only man in the room with Trump".
- ↑ Online version is titled "The Senate's disastrous health-care Bill".
- ↑ Online version is titled "Trump misdiagnoses the opioid crisis".
- ↑ Online version is titled "Jeff Flake and the G.O.P.’s complicity problem".
- ↑ Online version is titled "Trump’s frantic fight for immunity".
- ↑ Online version is titled "The complex question of reopening schools".
- ↑ Online version is titled "The woeful inadequacy of school-reopening plans".
- ↑ Online version is titled "The Republicans' conspiratorial convention".
- ↑ Online version is titled "First Ladies and Second Gentlemen".
- ↑ Online version is titled "Why Trump must go on trial".
- ↑ Online version is titled "The battle over the coronavirus lab-leak theory".
- ↑ Online version is titled "The forever trial at Guantánamo".
- ↑ Online version is titled "The supply-chain mystery".
- ↑ Online version is titled "How Alito’s draft opinion on abortion rights would change America".
- ↑ Online version is titled "A consequential gun ruling after the Buffalo massacre".
- ↑ Title in the online table of contents is "Has the C.I.A. done more harm than good?".
- ↑ Online version is titled "The new G.O.P. takes the country hostage with the debt ceiling".
References
- 1 2 3 "Amy Davidson, David Sorkin". New York Times. June 25, 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ↑ Amy Davidson on linkedin.com (accessed 13 May 2013)
- ↑ The New Yorker website, accessed 2 January 2013
- ↑ Amy Davidson on linkedin.com (accessed 9th March 2015)
- ↑ The Harvard University website, accessed 30 May 2011
- ↑ "Amy Davidson". Archived from the original on 2011-05-18. Retrieved 2011-05-30. Center for Communication website, accessed 30 May 2011
- ↑ Note that contributions to The New Yorker published by Davidson before her marriage to Sorkin are now being attributed to Amy Davidson Sorkin.
- ↑ "Contributors: Amy Davidson Sorkin". The New Yorker. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
External links
- Amy Davidson at IMDb