FORA.tv Speaker - Adam Kushner

Adam Kushner is deputy editor of National Journal magazine.  Prior to National Journal, he served as a senior editor at Newsweek, editing foreign coverage, including major projects such as a Berlin Wall retrospective and coverage of the 2010 World Cup.  Earlier, Kushner covered ideas and trends for the foreign desk as a senior writer.  From 2003 to 2007, Kushner held a variety of positions at The New Republic, including a post as Assistant Managing Editor and, ultimately, Managing Editor/Online. In that role, he managed all aspects of the site and oversaw a relaunch of TNR.com.  Kushner is a graduate of Columbia University, and co-founded both the Columbia Political Review and the Columbia Journal of Literary Criticism during his time there.  He is a native of New Orleans.