Sam Thielman is a reporter, critic, essayist, and editor based in New York. He currently writes about comics and politics for The New Yorker, Slate, and The Guardian, and he is the editor of Spencer Ackerman's global affairs newsletter, Forever Wars. Previously, he worked for the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia Journalism School overseeing print and website publication of the Tow Center's research reports, journalistic output, and digital tools. As a staff writer, he has covered technology and business for The Guardian, politics for Talking Points Memo, the New York entertainment business for Adweek and Variety. In 2017, he broke the news that Donald Trump was exploring a hotel project in Moscow during his 2016 presidential campaign. His reporting has been cited by the House Oversight Committee and in testimony before the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and the Senate Judiciary Committee, and his essay about Disney World, No Matter How Your Heart Is Grieving, was selected by Slate as one of the best pieces published by online literary magazine The Toast. In 2017, he worked as political consultant for Comedy Central's The President Show. He holds a fellowship from The O'Neill Theater Center's National Critics Institute and an MFA in Dramaturgy from the Columbia School of the Arts. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and son.
