As The Atlantic continues to increase its editorial staff, as we speak it introduced the rent of Idrees Kahloon as a employees author. Idrees is at the moment the Washington bureau chief of The Economist.
This week, The Atlanticc additionally introduced two extra employees writers: Vivian Salama, becoming a member of subsequent month from The Wall Avenue Journal to cowl nationwide safety and overseas coverage; and Tom Bartlett, who started yesterday to cowl well being and science beneath the second Trump administration. Tom was a employees author for 22 years at The Chronicle of Increased Schooling.
Beneath is the employees notice about Idrees from editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg, government editor Adrienne LaFrance, deputy government editor Yoni Appelbaum, and deputy editor Juliet Lapidos:
Expensive All,
For the subsequent installment in our persevering with sequence Somebody Superb Is Becoming a member of The Atlanticwe’re happy to announce that Idrees Kahloon is Becoming a member of The Atlantic. Idrees is at the moment the Washington bureau chief of The Economistthe place he leads protection of nationwide politics. Though The Economist treats authorship like a state secret, we have now ascertained that Idrees was behind a few of that journal’s finest, most compelling tales, together with, What If Joe Biden Determined In opposition to Operating for Re-Election?printed in 2023. (Idrees identified on this piece that the Democratic bench has loads of expertise.) He additionally wrote a particular report on the geography of poverty and alternative in America.
Idrees began at The Economist proper out of faculty, as a knowledge journalist. Whereas nonetheless in class he interned with the editorial boards of The Lexington Herald-Chief and The Pittsburgh Put up-Gazette. And he has moonlighted as a critic for The New Yorkerwriting Books essays on Thomas Piketty and Richard Reeves, amongst others.
Idrees likes to prepare dinner in his spare time and claims he enjoys studying the novels of Thomas Hardy.
Please be a part of us in welcoming him to the staff.
Finest needs,
Jeff, Adrienne, Yoni and Juliet
The Atlantic has welcomed plenty of editors and writers this yr, together with managing editor Deal with Witte; employees writers Isaac Stanley-Becker, Tyler Austin Harper, Quinta Jurecic, Nick Miroff, Toulouse Olorunnipa, Ashley Parker, Alexandra Petri, Missy Ryan, Michael Scherer, Jamie Thompson, Josh Tyrangiel, Caity Weaver, and Nancy Youssef; and senior editors Jenna Johnson and Then bag. Please attain out with any questions or requests.
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