Joe Conason

Joe Conason (born January 25, 1954) is an American journalist, author and liberal political commentator. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of The National Memo, a daily political newsletter and website that features breaking news as well as commentary and analysis from influential progressive thinkers. Since 2006, he has served as editor of The Investigative Fund, a nonprofit journalism center.

Conason was formerly the executive editor of the New York Observer, where he wrote a popular political column for almost 20 years. He was also a columnist for Salon.com from 1998-2010. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications around the world including the New York Times, the Washington Post, The New Yorker, The New Republic, The Nation, The Guardian, The Village Voice and Harpers.

Conason authored two New York Times best selling books, The Hunting of the President (2000) and Big Lies: The Right-Wing Propaganda Machine and How It Distorts the Truth (2003). His newest book, Man of the World (2016), focuses on the post-presidency of Bill Clinton. A winner of the New York Press Club's Byline Award, Conason has covered every American presidential election since 1980.

Conason was born in New York City and grew up in White Plains, New York. The family's surname was originally "Cohen". He was named after his paternal grandfather, Joseph Jacob Cohen, an organizer and journalist of the American anarchist movement during the 1920s and 1930s. Conason's father, Emanuel Voltaire Conason (1912–2008), co-owned Ellie Conason, a contemporary design and crafts store in White Plains, with his wife, Eleanor (née Levinson) Conason (August 20, 1917 – January 5, 2002). Conason earned a degree in history from Brandeis University in 1975. In October 2002, he married Elizabeth Horan Wagley, then the development director of the U.S. branch of Médecins du Monde. They have two children and currently reside in New York City.

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