Jacob Weisberg

Jacob Weisberg
Weisberg in New York, 2012
Born	1964 (age 52–53)
Occupation	Writer, journalist
Spouse(s)	Deborah Needleman
Children	2

Jacob Weisberg (born 1964) is an American political journalist, serving as editor-in-chief of Slate Group, a division of Graham Holdings Company. Weisberg is also a Newsweek columnist. He served as the editor of Slate magazine for six years, until stepping down in June 2008. He is the son of Lois Weisberg, a Chicago social activist and connector mentioned in Malcolm Gladwell's book The Tipping Point.

Weisberg's father, Bernard Weisberg, was a Chicago lawyer and, later, judge. His parents were introduced at a cocktail party by novelist Ralph Ellison. His brother is former CIA officer and television writer and producer Joe Weisberg. Weisberg graduated from Yale University in 1986, where he worked for the Yale Daily News. When a junior, he was offered a membership in Skull and Bones by Secretary of State John Kerry, but declined the offer, citing the club's exclusion of women.

Instead Weisberg was persuaded by The Washington Post's Robert G. Kaiser to join Elihu Society. After Yale he attended New College, Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship.

Weisberg is a commentator on National Public Radio. He previously worked for The New Republic in Washington, D.C., was a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and a contributing editor to Vanity Fair. He has also served as a columnist for the Financial Times. Early in his career, he worked for Newsweek in the London and Washington bureaus. Weisberg has also worked as a freelance journalist for numerous publications.