Michael John Tomasky (born October 13, 1960) is an American columnist, progressive commentator, and author. He is the editor of The New Republic and the editor in chief of Democracy. He has been a special correspondent for Newsweek, The Daily Beast, a contributing editor for The American Prospect, and a contributor to The New York Review of Books.
Life and career Tomasky was born and raised in Morgantown, West Virginia, the son of Maria (Aluisi) and Michael Tomasky, a trial attorney. He is of Serbian and Italian descent. He is a graduate of Morgantown High School. He attended West Virginia University as an undergraduate and then studied political science in graduate school at New York University. His work has also appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, Harper's Weekly, The Nation, The Village Voice, The New York Review of Books, Dissent, Lingua Franca, George, and GQ. He lives with his wife Sarah and daughter (Margot Julianna Kerr Tomasky, born July 6, 2010) in Silver Spring, Maryland.In lieu of the Friday quiz, an introduction, Michael Tomasky, The Guardian, July 9, 2010Liberals and despair, Michael Tomasky, The Guardian, July 12, 2010
From 1995 to 2002, Tomasky was a columnist at New York magazine, where he wrote the "City Politic" column. He was executive editor of liberal magazine The American Prospect, and remains a contributing editor.Masthead The American Prospect On October 23, 2007, Guardian America was launched with Tomasky as its editor.Welcome to Guardian America, Michael Tomasky, The Guardian, October 23, 2007 On March 3, 2009, he replaced Kenneth Baer as editor of U.S. political journal Democracy, at which time his title at The Guardian changed to editor-at-large.Michael Tomasky joins political journal Democracy, Jemima Kiss, The Guardian, February 18, 2009 In May 2011 Tomasky left The Guardian to join Newsweek / The Daily Beast as a special correspondent.Democracy Editor Tomasky Joins Newsweek/Daily Beast, Democracy, April 25, 2011 In 2021, Tomasky was named as the editor of The New Republic.Zelizer, Julian, What Do the Democrats Do Now? A Conversation with Michael Tomasky, Editor, The New Republic, The Long View, Substack, March 20, 2026
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External links Column archive at The American Prospect Column archive at The Daily Beast Democracy Column archive at The Guardian Column archive at The New York Review of Books Conversations with Charlie Rose
Video discussions/debates involving Tomasky on Bloggingheads.tv