Robert Schlesinger

A native of New York City, he is a graduate of Middlebury College, who lives in Alexandria, Virginia, with his wife and their two sons.

Schlesinger has worked at the Center for Public Integrity as a researcher, then at The Hill as a reporter and political editor, at Voter.com as chief congressional correspondent, and as a Washington, DC, reporter for The Boston Globe.

After quitting U.S. News, he initiated Schlesinger Communications, a company which specializes in ghostwriting.

[1] His work has appeared in numerous publications, including NBC News' Think opinion section, The Washington Monthly, The Washington Post The Weekly Standard, People, Mother Jones, The American Conservative and The New Republic among other publications.

He cohosted the Bipodisan podcast, along with Jean Card, a Republican former cabinet speechwriter, from 2019 to 2021.