Susan Glasser Explained

Susan Glasser
Birth Date:14 January 1969
Birth Place:Montclair, New Jersey, U.S.
Children:Theo Baker
Education:Harvard University (BA)
Occupation:Journalist

Susan B. Glasser (born January 14, 1969) is an American journalist and news editor. She writes the online column "Letter from Biden’s Washington" in The New Yorker, where she is a staff writer. She is the author, with her husband Peter Baker, of Kremlin Rising: Vladimir Putin's Russia and the End of Revolution (2005), The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III (2020), and The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021 (2022).

Early life

Glasser is the daughter of Lynn (née Schreiber) and Stephen Glasser.[1] [2] She is of Jewish descent.[3] Her parents are the founders of a weekly legal newspaper, Legal Times, and a legal and business publishing company, Glasser Legal Works.[4] [5] Her grandfather, Melvin Glasser, supervised the field trials for the polio vaccine.[6] [7] [8] Glasser was graduated cum laude from Harvard University, where she served as Managing Editor of The Harvard Crimson.[9]

Career

Glasser interned, and later worked for eight years at Roll Call. In 1998, Glasser started at The Washington Post, where she spent a decade. She edited the Post's Sunday Outlook and national news sections, helped oversee coverage of Bill Clinton's impeachment, covered the wars in Iraq and in Afghanistan, and served as Moscow bureau co-chief with her husband, Peter Baker.

She was editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy until 2013.[10] Glasser then joined Politico,[10] and served as editor during the 2016 election cycle. She also was the founding editor of Politico Magazine, a long-form publication both online and in print.[11]

Works

Personal life

In September 2000, she married Peter Baker in a civil ceremony. Her husband is the chief White House correspondent for The New York Times.[12] Baker and Glasser live in Washington.[13]

Their son, Theo Baker, became the youngest person to win a Polk Award in 2023 for reporting that led to the resignation of Marc Tessier-Lavigne, the then president of Stanford University, who had allegedly manipulated images used in research papers.[14] [15]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: WEDDINGS; Susan Glasser, Peter Baker . . September 10, 2000 . July 7, 2017.
  2. Web site: Miss Lynn Schreiber and Stephen Andrew Glasser were wed. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Paul Schreiber. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin A. Glasser . The Daily Mail from Hagerstown, Maryland. December 31, 1965.
  3. Web site: Kampeas . Ron . RUSSIA BANS ENTRY TO NUMEROUS US JEWS, INCLUDING LDB PRESIDENT ALYZA LEWIN . Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Brandeis Center. May 24, 2022 .
  4. Web site: Lynn S. Glasser + Stephen A. Glasser . Sandpiper Partners LLC. January 20, 2018.
  5. News: Marcus . Ruth . Legal Times Sold To Editor of American Lawyer . Washington Post. May 28, 1986.
  6. Web site: Saxon . Wolfgang . Melvin Glasser, 79, Supervisor Of Field Trials of Salk Vaccine . New York Times. March 17, 1995.
  7. Web site: Melvin A. Glasser (1915 - 1995). National Association of Social Workers Foundation. January 18, 2018.
  8. News: Schudel . Matt . Esther K. Glasser Social Worker. Washington Post. February 3, 2008.
  9. Web site: Susan B. Glasser . The Harvard Crimson . December 8, 2019 .
  10. Web site: Susan B. Glasser . Politico Magazine . September 16, 2022 . en.
  11. Web site: The Trump White House's War Within . politico.com . July 24, 2017 . July 28, 2017.
  12. Web site: Will Peter Baker be NY Times next Jerusalem bureau chief? | Jewish Telegraphic Agency . Jta.org . November 19, 2015 . July 7, 2017.
  13. Web site: Peter Baker + Susan Glasser: At the Top of Their Game . Inspicio . . September 16, 2022.
  14. News: Robertson . Katie . New York Times Wins 3 Polk Awards . 21 February 2023 . The New York Times . 20 February 2023.
  15. News: Asimov . Nanette . Student paper: Scientists say study by Stanford president contained false data . 21 February 2023 . San Francisco Chronicle . 17 February 2023.

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