Derek Thompson (journalist)

Derek Kahn Thompson (born May 18, 1986) is an American podcaster and journalist. A self-described progressive,[1] he is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of Hit Makers: How to Succeed in an Age of Distraction.

Derek Thompson
Born (1986-05-18) May 18, 1986
McLean, Virginia, U.S.
Occupation
  • Journalist
  • podcaster
Alma materNorthwestern University

Early life

Derek Thompson was born in McLean, Virginia, the son of Robert Thompson and Petra Kahn.[2][3] Before graduating from high school, he appeared in several theatrical productions at the Folger Shakespeare Theater[4] and the Shakespeare Theater.[5] After attending the Potomac School, Thompson graduated from Northwestern University in 2008.[6][7]

Career

Thompson has been a writer at The Atlantic since 2009.[8] Starting in November 2021, Thompson began hosting a weekly headline podcast entitled Plain English, part of The Ringer Podcast Network.[9] In 2018, he became the host of the technology and science podcast Crazy/Genius, which was nominated for an iHeartMedia Best Podcast Award in its first year.[10]

Thompson has written two cover stories for the magazine. The first, "A World Without Work", is a widely referenced[11][12] essay on the meaning of work and automation's threat to the labor force. The second was a lengthy profile of X, the research and development division of Alphabet.[13]

In 2017, Thompson published his first book, Hit Makers: How to Succeed in an Age of Distraction. It was a national bestseller[14] and winner of the American Marketing Association's Leonard L. Berry Marketing Book Award for the best marketing book of 2018.[15]

Personal life

As of 2018, Thompson and his wife reside in Washington, D.C..[16]

References
  1. Thompson, Derek (August 12, 2022). "A New Way to Think About Racism in America". "Plain English with Derek Thompson" podcast at approximate timecode 4:22. Apple Podcast.
  2. "Bob Thompson Obituary". Legacy.com.
  3. "Petra Kahn Obituary". Legacy.com. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
  4. "For Grandy, No More Gopher". The Washington Post.
  5. "Fleshing Out King John". The Washington Post.
  6. "Career Day: Finding Their Calling - Potomac School". www.potomacschool.org. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
  7. "Author Derek Thompson Returns to NU to Discuss New Book". The Daily Northwestern. May 4, 2017.
  8. "Derek Thompson Author Page". TheAtlantic.com.
  9. Thompson, Derek (November 11, 2021). "Introducing 'Plain English with Derek Thompson'". The Ringer. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
  10. "iHeartMedia Podcast Awards".
  11. "Derek Thompson - A World Without Work". YouTube.
  12. "Challenges loom as tech takeover grows". CBS.com. June 24, 2015.
  13. "Google X and the Science of Radical Creativity". TheAtlantic.com. October 10, 2017.
  14. "Hit Makers". Penguin Random House.
  15. "The Leonard L. Berry Marketing Book Award". AMA.org.
  16. "How Manhattan Became a Rich Ghost Town". TheAtlantic.com. October 15, 2018.
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