Ross Barkan Explained

Ross Barkan
Birth Name:Ross Elliot Barkan
Birth Date:22 October 1989
Birth Place:New York City, U.S.
Years Active:2011–present

Ross Elliot Barkan (born October 22, 1989[1] [2] [3]) is an American journalist, novelist, and essayist.

Early life and education

Barkan grew up in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. He attended Stony Brook University and earned a master's degree from New York University.[4] [5]

Career

Journalist

Barkan was a staff reporter at the Queens Tribune.[6] He covered New York City and national politics for the New York Observer from 2013 to 2016.[7] In April 2016, he rose to prominence after resigning from the Observer over the newspaper's close relationship with Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate.[8] [9] [10] The Observers executive editor, Ken Kurson, revealed in a magazine interview he advised Trump on a speech the candidate delivered before the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Announcing his resignation the day after the Observer endorsed Trump in the New York Republican primary, Barkan later told CNN "a line had been crossed and I thought it was time for myself to depart."[11]

As a columnist and freelance reporter, Barkan has contributed to the Village Voice, The Guardian, The Washington Post,[12] The New Yorker,[13] The New York Times, The Nation,[14] Reuters, Esquire, GQ, New York Daily News, Daily Beast, The Baffler,[15] the Los Angeles Review of Books, and the Columbia Journalism Review. He covered the 2013 New York City mayoral race, including Anthony Weiner's campaign, and the 2016 presidential race. He has taught journalism and media studies at NYU[16] and St. Joseph's College in Brooklyn. He was a staff reporter at New York Magazine[17] and remains a contributor there.

Barkan is currently a columnist for The Guardian and was a columnist for Jacobin magazine.[16] [18] He is a contributor to The Nation.[19]

In 2023, he was named a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine.[20]

Author

Barkan has published fiction in Post Road, Boston College's literary magazine,[21] [22] and literary criticism in the Iowa Review,[23] Harvard Review,[24] The Rumpus,[25] and The Brooklyn Rail.[26]

His debut novel, Demolition Night,[27] was published in 2018.

His second book, The Prince: Andrew Cuomo, Coronavirus, and the Fall of New York, was published in 2021. It was well-reviewed, with The Nation calling it a "swift and devastating read."[28] [29]

In 2022, his second novel, The Night Burns Bright, was published.[30]

Washington Post columnist Shadi Hamid called Barkan "consistently one of the most interesting and original essayists of his generation."[31]

2018 New York State Senate primary candidacy

In October 2017, he announced he was running in a State Senate primary in New York City, planning to run in the Democratic Party primary and if successful to then challenge incumbent Marty Golden in 2018.[32] [33] [34] Barkan's campaign was managed by future-Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani[35] [36] and endorsed by the New York Daily News and local politicians such as Squad member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, but he lost the September 2018 Democratic primary to Andrew Gounardes by 15 percentage points.[37] [38]

Professional accolades

Barkan has twice been the recipient of the New York Press Club's award for distinguished newspaper commentary, in 2017 and 2019.[39] [40]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: When Did Everyone Become a Socialist? . van Zuylen-Wood . Simon . March 3, 2019 . New York magazine.
  2. Web site: POLITICO Playbook: The world according to Trump. Jake. Sherman. Anna. Palmer. POLITICO. 2019-10-22.
  3. News: Young Brooklyn Democratic state Senate candidates cross-endorsing each other . Kenneth . Lovett . . July 12, 2018 . Barkan, 27, a political journalist ....
  4. Web site: A Chat with SBU Grad and NY State Senate Candidate Ross Barkan. SB You. Stony Brook University. you.stonybrook.edu. September 24, 2018.
  5. Web site: "Journalism in the Age of Trump" Panel hosted by the NYU CAS Alumni Association. June 9, 2017. 24 September 2018. Vimeo.
  6. Web site: Queens Tribune Epaper. Queens Tribune. Issuu. July 18, 2012. October 15, 2018.
  7. Web site: Ross Barkan. The New York Observer. November 7, 2020.
  8. News: Politics reporter quits newspaper owned by Ivanka Trump's husband after it endorses Donald Trump. Hunter. Walker. Yahoo News. April 13, 2016.
  9. Web site: New York Observer Political Reporter Quits The Morning After Donald Trump Endorsement. Michael. Calderone. Huffington Post. April 13, 2016.
  10. Web site: New York Observer loses top reporter over Trump coverage. Tom. Kludt. CNN Money. April 13, 2016.
  11. News: Reporter resigns from paper owned by Trump's son-in-law - CNN Video. Reliable Sources. CNN. April 17, 2016.
  12. News: Perspective | It's way too hard for working-class people to run for office. Ross. Barkan. The Washington Post. January 16, 2019.
  13. Would You Like to Sit on My Bed with Me and Check Twitter?. Ross. Barkan. The New Yorker. August 29, 2017.
  14. Ross Barkan. April 1, 2019. The Nation.
  15. Ross Barkan. April 1, 2019. The Baffler.
  16. Web site: Ross Barkin . NYU Journalism . October 19, 2020.
  17. https://twitter.com/RossBarkan/status/1524441879818870784
  18. Web site: Ross Barkan. The Guardian. November 7, 2020.
  19. Web site: Masthead The Nation. March 24, 2010.
  20. https://twitter.com/RossBarkan/status/1634265078630436876
  21. Post Road Magazine – Issue #24 Spring/Summer 2013. 2013. Post Road. November 7, 2020.
  22. Ross Barkan :: FLUTTER FLAKE - Post Road #24. Ross. Barkan. Post Road. 2013.
    1. 24
    . October 1, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161003121540/http://www.postroadmag.com/24/fiction/barkan.phtml. October 3, 2016. dead.
  23. Elena Passarello's LET ME CLEAR MY THROAT. Ross. Barkan. The Iowa Review. October 24, 2012.
  24. Sleet: Selected Stories - Harvard Review Online. Ross. Barkan. Harvard Review. August 19, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20201108050749/https://www.harvardreview.org/book-review/sleet-selected-stories/. November 8, 2020. live.
  25. Ross Barkan. The Rumpus. October 1, 2016.
  26. News: Ross Barkan. The Brooklyn Rail. October 3, 2016.
  27. DEMOLITION NIGHT by Ross Barkan. Kirkus Reviews. September 18, 2018. 24 September 2018.
  28. What Happened to Andrew Cuomo? The Nation. July 28, 2021. Lipsitz. Raina.
  29. Web site: Nonfiction Book Review: The Prince: Andrew Cuomo, Coronavirus, and the Fall of New York by Ross Barkan. OR, $20 trade paper (200p) ISBN 978-1-68219-410-2. June 2021.
  30. Web site: Publishers Marketplace: Log In . 2022-09-06 . www.publishersmarketplace.com.
  31. https://twitter.com/shadihamid/status/1752455622182776906
  32. News: Holy Crap, Ross Barkan Is Running for State Senate. Neil. Demause. The Village Voice. October 3, 2017.
  33. Web site: Muckraking journalist runs for Brooklyn Senate seat. Zack. Fink. NY1. October 5, 2017.
  34. News: The Muckraker Vs. the Muck. Peter. Rugh. The Indypendent. 231. New York. December 22, 2017.
  35. Web site: Zohran Mamdani | New York City Campaign Finance Board .
  36. Web site: "We Have an Obligation to Ensure That Justice is Not Defined by the Borders of Our District" .
  37. Web site: State Senate picks: Brooklyn . New York Daily News. September 9, 2018.
  38. Ocasio-Cortez . Alexandria . ocasio2018 . 1033030367241007105 . Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "SOUTH BROOKLYN: @RossBarkan ....
  39. The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Wins 'Gold Keyboard' in 2017 New York Press Club Journalism Awards . . May 19, 2017.
  40. Newsday Wins 'Gold Keyboard' in 2019 New York Press Club Journalism Awards, Also Takes Most Awards in Competition . . June 18, 2019.

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