Blake Hounshell was an influential political journalist who was managing editor of Foreign Policy magazine and a top editor at Politico before joining The New York Times and overseeing its popular newsletter On Politics. He was also identified by Time Magazine as an operator of one of the best Twitter accounts in the world. Hounshell was born in Pomona, California and studied political science at Yale University, graduating in 2002. After graduating he worked in Cairo at the human-rights focus... moreBlake Hounshell was an influential political journalist who was managing editor of Foreign Policy magazine and a top editor at Politico before joining The New York Times and overseeing its popular newsletter On Politics. He was also identified by Time Magazine as an operator of one of the best Twitter accounts in the world. Hounshell was born in Pomona, California and studied political science at Yale University, graduating in 2002. After graduating he worked in Cairo at the human-rights focused Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies think tank. In 2006 he began his journalism career at Foreign Policy then moved to Politico as a managing editor. Hounshell's reporting on the Arab Spring made him a Livingston Awards for Young Journalists finalist. He will be remembered for being the lead politics newsletter writer and a gifted observer of U.S political scene.
