Jodi Kantor (born 1975) is an American journalist who writes for The New York Times. Kantor's articles primarily concern cultural phenomena and politics, among other topics.
She graduated from Columbia University in 1996 and attended Harvard Law School for one semester. Kantor later took a job as an editor of Slate. After corresponding with New York Times columnist Frank Rich about how that paper could improve its arts coverage, she was brought o...
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Jodi Kantor (born 1975) is an American journalist who writes for The New York Times. Kantor's articles primarily concern cultural phenomena and politics, among other topics.
She graduated from Columbia University in 1996 and attended Harvard Law School for one semester. Kantor later took a job as an editor of Slate. After corresponding with New York Times columnist Frank Rich about how that paper could improve its arts coverage, she was brought on as editor of the Arts and Leisure section by Howell Raines, executive editor. Kantor was only 27 at the time (her predecessor, John Rockwell, had been in his late 50's when appointed to the post).
More recently, Kantor has been covering politics for the Times, most notably the 2008 presidential campaign and Barack Obama's marriage. In November 2009, Kantor landed a seven-figure book deal to write a book about Obama's family.
Kantor's role as editor was occasionally controversial, with some charging that she hired many writers with limited...
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