Awards & Recognition
★2008 National Magazine Award for Columns and Commentary
★2009 Sidney Award for 'The Great American Bubble Machine'
★2020 Izzy Award for independent journalism
★2023 Dao Prize ($100,000) for Twitter Files investigation
Notable Facts
→Former contributing editor at Rolling Stone magazine for 17 years
→Founded and published multiple newspapers including The Beast
→Launched successful Substack newsletter TK News (now Racket News) with 30,000+ paid subscribers
→One of the most popular writers on Substack platform
→Lead journalist in Twitter Files investigation working with Elon Musk
→Author of multiple New York Times bestsellers
→Won prestigious National Magazine Award and other journalism honors
→Testified before Congress on Twitter Files and censorship
→Co-host of Useful Idiots podcast
→Has 1.3 million Twitter followers
→Published 10 books including four NYT bestsellers