James Kirchick

James Kirchick (pronounced /ˈkɜrtʃɨk/; born 1983) is a reporter, foreign correspondent and columnist. He is a fellow with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington; prior to this he was writer-at-large for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

For over three years, Kirchick worked at The New Republic, covering domestic politics, intelligence, and American foreign policy. While he remains a contributing editor for TNR, Mr. Kirchick’s reportage has appeared in The Weekly Standard, The American Interest, The Virginia Quarterly Review, The Columbia Journalism Review, Prospect, Commentary and World Affairs Journal. He writes frequently for newspapers including The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, and Ha’aretz.

Kirchick began to attract national attention in January 2008, when, in an article published in The New Republic, he reported on decades-worth of newsletters published by Republican congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul, which he characterized as "obsession with conspiracies, sympathy for the right-wing militia movement, and deeply held bigotry against blacks, Jews, and gays."

Kirchick has worked as a reporter for The New York Sun, the New York Daily News, and The Hill, and has been a columnist for the New York Daily News and the Washington Examiner.

Kirchick is a regular book critic and reviews frequently for Azure, Commentary, the Claremont Review of Books, Policy Review, and World Affairs, among others. A leading voice on gay politics, he is a contributing writer to the Advocate, the nation’s largest gay publication, and a recipient of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association Journalist of the Year Award.

Awards

• 2006 National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association Excellence in Student Journalism 2007
• Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association Journalist of the Year

External links

• Kirchick profile on the Independent Gay Forum
• Video of interview/discussion with Kirchick and Matthew Yglesias on Bloggingheads.tv
• Video discussion with Kirchick and Jon Keller on Bloggingheads.tv