Steven Clemons Explained

Steven Clemons
Birth Name:Steven Craig Clemons
Birth Place:Salina, Kansas, U.S.

Steven Craig Clemons (born 1962) is an American journalist and blogger. In March 2022, he became Founding Editor at Large[1] of Semafor,[2] Justin Smith and Ben Smith’s new media startup, to create their global events vertical. He spent three years as Editor at Large of The Hill.[3] Before that, Clemons was Washington editor-at-large of The Atlantic and editor-in-chief of AtlanticLIVE, the magazine's live events series.[4] [5] Clemons also served as editor-at-large of Quartz,[6] a digital financial publication owned by Atlantic Media. He is also the host of The Bottom Line that airs on the global network of Al Jazeera English.[7]

Clemons also published a political blog, The Washington Note, through April 2015[8] and was previously CEO of the multi-arts platform The BeBop Channel.[9] He is a former staff member of Senator Jeff Bingaman. Clemons is also served as Director of the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation where he previously served as Executive Vice President, and the former director of the Japan Policy Research Institute[10] which he co-founded[11] with Chalmers Johnson. The New America Foundation has been described as radical centrist in orientation,[12] and Clemons characterizes himself as a "progressive realist".[13]

Background

Clemons is the former executive vice president of Economic Strategy Institute, former executive director of the Nixon Center for Peace and Freedom (now the Center for the National Interest), and served as Senator Jeff Bingaman's Senior Policy Advisor on Economic and International Affairs.[14] He has also served on the advisory board to the Center for U.S.-Japan Relations at the RAND Corporation. Earlier in his career, Clemons was the executive director of the Japan America Society of Southern California from 1987 to 1994.[15]

In 1993, Clemons was the technical advisor for the film Rising Sun, which starred Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes. Clemons also had a role as a talk show host.[16] He also had a role in the film State of Play, starring Ben Affleck.[17]

Clemons serves on the board of advisors of the C. V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience[18] at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, and the Clarke Center[19] at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

Blogging and Media

Clemons is perhaps best known for his blog The Washington Note,[20] which focused on foreign policy issues and general US policy debates. In 2010, Time selected Clemons' blog as one of their "Best blogs of the year."[21]

His articles have also appeared in other blogs, such as HuffPost[22] and Daily Kos,[23] and in major publications around the country.

Clemons serves at the host of The Bottom Line on the Al-Jazeera English news services.[24]

Honors

Clemons is a Chevalier in French Legion of Honor.[25]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Parasaliti . Andrew . 2022-04-28 . We can't walk away from Saudi Arabia. 2022-05-31 . Al-Monitor . en.
  2. Web site: Fischer . Sara . 2022-03-22 . Scoop: Ben and Justin Smith plan to name their new company "Semafor" . 2022-05-08 . Axios . en.
  3. Web site: The Hill hires Steve Clemons as editor-at-large. 19 April 2019.
  4. Web site: Steve Clemons. .
  5. FishbowlNY (2011). Steve Clemons Named Editor-in-Chief of AtlanticLIVE.
  6. Web site: Quartz Homepage . June 17, 2013.
  7. Web site: al Jazeera . June 17, 2020.
  8. Web site: The Washington Note. The Washington Note. July 29, 2016.
  9. News: Steve Clemons Steps Down as BeBop CEO; Co-Founder, SVP Gregory Charles Royal Named as Interim CEO.pdf. OTC Markets. March 1, 2022. March 1, 2022.
  10. Web site: Japan Policy Research Institute . May 30, 2013.
  11. http://www.wbez.org/episode-segments/remembering-life-and-work-chalmers-johnson Remembering the life and work of Chalmers Johnson
  12. Morin, Richard; Deane, Claudia (10 December 2001). "Big Thinker. Ted Halstead’s New America Foundation Has It All: Money, Brains and Buzz". The Washington Post, Style section, p. 1.
  13. Web site: diavlogs . Bloggingheads.tv . 2012-04-26 . May 2, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120205053120/http://bloggingheads.tv/video.php?id=255 . February 5, 2012 .
  14. http://www.newamerica.net/index.cfm?pg=Bio&contactID=2
  15. Web site: Welcome to the Clarke Center . 2006-02-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060223100339/http://www.clarkecenter.org/ABOUTUS/board.html . 2006-02-23 .
  16. Web site: The Washington Note - Web Magazine 2021. November 2023 .
  17. News: Steve Clemons: State of Play? . HuffPost . March 10, 2008 . May 2, 2012.
  18. Web site: The C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience . Starrcenter.washcoll.edu . May 2, 2012.
  19. Web site: Welcome to the Clarke Center . 2006-01-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20051223042123/http://www.clarkecenter.org/ . 2005-12-23 .
  20. Web site: The Washington Note . The Washington Note . 2012-05-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120503001250/http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/ . 2012-05-03 .
  21. Best Blogs of 2010 The Washington Note by Dan Fletcher . https://web.archive.org/web/20100701222711/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1999770_1999761_1999861,00.html . dead . July 1, 2010 . June 17, 2013 . Time . June 28, 2010.
  22. News: Steve Clemons: Paul Wolfowitz Busy Neo-Conning the World Bank: Staff Rebellion Brewing . HuffPost . January 20, 2006 . May 2, 2012.
  23. Web site: Clemons: Indictments tomorrow . Daily Kos . October 25, 2005 . May 2, 2012.
  24. Web site: Steve Clemons. Al-Jazeera. 17 October 2023.
  25. Web site: Heath . Ryan . Global Insider . Politico . 18 October 2021 . 20 November 2022.

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