Michael Tomasky

Michael Tomasky, the editor of Democracy as of March 2009, is a highly respected writer and editor with more than 20 years' experience covering American politics and helping to define and update progressive ideas. Tomasky has been at the forefront of defining the contours of 21st century progressivism for many years, first as a journalist in New York and, since 2003, in Washington. Tomasky is American-editor-at-large for The Guardian (UK), where he writes a blog and monthly print column. He also contributes to the New York Review of Books, where he writes regularly on national affairs. He was a visiting fellow at Harvard's Joan Shorenstein Center for the Press, Politics, and Public Policy in 2003. He has formerly worked for the New York Observer and the Village Voice. In 1995, he joined New York magazine,where he wrote a political column for the next eight years. He is the author of Left for Dead, on the rebirth of civic liberalism, and Hillary's Turn, about the 2000 New York Senate race.