Blake Hounshell, a prominent political journalist who oversaw The New York Times’ well-known newsletter “On Politics,” managed Foreign Policy magazine, was a top editor at Politico before joining the latter, and he passed away on Tuesday in Washington. He was 44.
Blake Hounshell; image credits – People
Blake Hounshell’s Cause Of Death
He passed away “after a long and heroic fight with depression,” according to a statement from his family. The death was being looked into as a suicide by the Washington police.
Blake Hounshell’s Career
After joining The Times in 2021, Mr. Hounshell wrote “On Politics” from Washington with assistance from other Times correspondents. An approximate half-million paying subscribers typically read the newsletter, which is published five days each week. For his coverage of the Arab Spring uprisings in the early 2010s, he was a finalist for the Livingston Awards for Young Journalists in 2011, which are presented by the Wallace House Center for Journalists at the University of Michigan.
Between 2009 and 2013, while he served as managing editor of Foreign Policy, the magazine earned three National Magazine Awards for the way he modernized it for the digital era. Before joining The Times, he spent eight years working at Politico, where he held the positions of managing editor for politics and Washington news, managing editor, as well as editor in chief of the website’s magazine, which he had founded. Since joining Foreign Policy in 2006, he had been starting, publishing, and editing newsletters & blogs for 15 years.
Blake Hounshell’s Personal Life
Bernard Blakeman Hounshell, who was born in California on September 4, 1978, was brought up in Pittsburgh and Delaware. In 2002, he earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Yale University. He studied Arabic in Cairo before starting his journalism career. David and Astrid, together with his wife Sandy Choi, are his two surviving children. He resided in Washington’s northwest.
Blake Hounshell’s Net Worth
According to data on the internet, his net worth was between $1 and $5 million.
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1. What is the net worth of Blake Hounshell?
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2. What is the age of Blake Hounshell?
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3. When is Blake Hounshell’s birthday?
Ans. September 4, 1978
4. Who is the wife of Blake Hounshell?
Ans. Sandy Choi
