Steven Clemons

Steven Clemons
Clemons in 2024
Born
Steven Craig Clemons

1962 (age 61–62)
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]

  1. ^ Parasaliti, Andrew (2022-04-28). "We can't walk away from Saudi Arabia". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  2. ^ Fischer, Sara (2022-03-22). "Scoop: Ben and Justin Smith plan to name their new company "Semafor"". Axios. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
  3. ^ "The Hill hires Steve Clemons as editor-at-large". 19 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Steve Clemons". The Atlantic.
  5. ^ FishbowlNY (2011). Steve Clemons Named Editor-in-Chief of AtlanticLIVE.
  6. ^ "Quartz Homepage". Retrieved June 17, 2013.
  7. ^ "al Jazeera". Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  8. ^ "The Washington Note". The Washington Note. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
  9. ^ "Steve Clemons Steps Down as BeBop CEO; Co-Founder, SVP Gregory Charles Royal Named as Interim CEO.pdf". OTC Markets. March 1, 2022. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  10. ^ "Japan Policy Research Institute". Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  11. ^ Remembering the life and work of Chalmers Johnson. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
  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. ^ "diavlogs". Bloggingheads.tv. 2012-04-26. Archived from the original on February 5, 2012. Retrieved May 2, 2012.