Jake Silverstein

Jake Silverstein (born 1975) is an American writer and magazine editor. He is the editor-in-chief of The New York Times Magazine and the author of Nothing Happened and Then It Did, a novelized memoir.

Early life and education Silverstein was raised in Oakland, California, in a Jewish family, the eldest of two children. where he majored in English, and later earned an M.A. in English from Hollins University in 2006. He was a Fulbright scholar in Zacatecas, Mexico, in 2002. Under his tenure, the magazine had a circulation of approximately 300,000 and rising revenue, in contrast to many similar publications in the same period. with W.W. Norton & Company.

1619 Project

As editor-in-chief of the New York Times Magazine, Silverstein has played a role in the 1619 Project, a view of the role of slavery in the history of the United States. Some historians argue the project contains factual inaccuracies and distortions in attributing slavery a central role in the American Revolution. Silverstein has disputed those claims. The author's essay for the project won a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 2020, while the project itself has won many other honors. The 1619 Project book spent six months on the New York Times bestseller list.

Personal life He is married to archivist Mary LaMotte Silverstein, with whom he has two sons.