Timothy Noah

Timothy Robert Noah (born 1958 ) is an American journalist. He writes twice a week for the website of the news channel MSNBC. Previously, he was managing editor of The New Republic, where he wrote the column TRB from Washington. At the same time he managed the online magazine Slate and wrote the Chatterbox section.

Life and career

Life

Timothy Noah is the son of Marian Jane (born Swentor ) and TV producer Robert M. Noah, who is of Jewish descent. His mother, however, is a Protestant, but he describes himself as an atheist. He grew up in New Rochelle and in Beverly Hills. He is a graduate of Harvard College, where in 1980 he received a degree in English. Noah's nephew is Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine.

Career

Noah was an employee at U.S. News & World Report, Congress Korrespondant for Newsweek and a reporter for The Wall Street Journal. Before re- joining The New Republic after a 29- year hiatus, Noah was for 12 years a senior editor at Slate.

Noah's book about income inequality in the United States, The Great Divergence, won the 2011 Sidney Hillman Prize. Reviews were overwhelmingly positive.

Private life

In 2005, his wife Marjorie Williams, also a journalist, died of cancer. She left behind two children.