American journalist and blogger
Steven Clemons
Born Steven Craig Clemons
1962 (age 61–62)
Steven Craig Clemons (born 1962) is an American journalist and
blogger . In March 2022, he became Founding Editor at Large
[1] of
Semafor ,
[2] Justin Smith and Ben Smith’s new media startup, to create their global events vertical. He spent three years as Editor at Large of
The Hill .
[3] Before that, Clemons was Washington
editor-at-large of
The Atlantic and
editor-in-chief of AtlanticLIVE, the magazine's live events series.
[4]
[5] Clemons also served as editor-at-large of
Quartz ,
[6] a digital financial publication owned by
Atlantic Media . He is also the host of
The Bottom Line that airs on the global network of
Al Jazeera English .
[7]
Clemons also published a political blog, The Washington Note , through April 2015
[8] and was previously CEO of the multi-arts platform
The BeBop Channel .
[9] He is a former staff member of
Senator
Jeff Bingaman . Clemons is also served as Director of the
American Strategy Program at the
New America Foundation where he previously served as Executive Vice President, and the former director of the
Japan Policy Research Institute
[10] which he co-founded
[11] with
Chalmers Johnson . The New America Foundation has been described as
radical centrist in orientation,
[12] and Clemons characterizes himself as a "progressive
realist ".
[13]
Background
Clemons is the former executive vice president of
Economic Strategy Institute , former executive director of the Nixon Center for Peace and Freedom (now the
Center for the National Interest ), and served as
Senator
Jeff Bingaman 's Senior Policy Advisor on Economic and International Affairs.
[14] He has also served on the advisory board to the Center for U.S.-Japan Relations at the
RAND Corporation . Earlier in his career, Clemons was the executive director of the
Japan America Society of Southern California from 1987 to 1994.
[15]
In 1993, Clemons was the technical advisor for the film
Rising Sun , which starred
Sean Connery and
Wesley Snipes . Clemons also had a role as a
talk show host.
[16] He also had a role in the film
State of Play , starring
Ben Affleck .
[17]
Clemons serves on the board of advisors of the C. V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience
[18] at
Washington College in
Chestertown ,
Maryland , and the Clarke Center
[19] at
Dickinson College in
Carlisle, Pennsylvania .
Blogging and Media
Clemons is perhaps best known for his
blog The Washington Note ,
[20] which focused on foreign policy issues and general US policy debates. In 2010,
Time selected Clemons' blog as one of their "Best blogs of the year."
[21]
His articles have also appeared in other blogs, such as
HuffPost
[22] and
Daily Kos ,
[23] and in major publications around the country.
Clemons serves at the host of The Bottom Line on the
Al-Jazeera English news services.
[24]
Honors
Clemons is a Chevalier in French Legion of Honor.
[25]
References
^ Parasaliti, Andrew (2022-04-28).
"We can't walk away from Saudi Arabia" . Al-Monitor . Retrieved 2022-05-31 .
^ Fischer, Sara (2022-03-22).
"Scoop: Ben and Justin Smith plan to name their new company "Semafor" " . Axios . Retrieved 2022-05-08 .
^
"The Hill hires Steve Clemons as editor-at-large" . 19 April 2019.
^
"Steve Clemons" .
The Atlantic .
^ FishbowlNY (2011).
Steve Clemons Named Editor-in-Chief of AtlanticLIVE .
^
"Quartz Homepage" . Retrieved June 17, 2013 .
^
"al Jazeera" . Retrieved June 17, 2020 .
^
"The Washington Note" . The Washington Note. Retrieved July 29, 2016 .
^
"Steve Clemons Steps Down as BeBop CEO; Co-Founder, SVP Gregory Charles Royal Named as Interim CEO.pdf" .
OTC Markets . March 1, 2022. Retrieved March 1, 2022 .
^
"Japan Policy Research Institute" . Retrieved May 30, 2013 .
^
Remembering the life and work of Chalmers Johnson . Retrieved June 17, 2013.
^ Morin, Richard; Deane, Claudia (10 December 2001). "Big Thinker. Ted Halstead’s New America Foundation Has It All: Money, Brains and Buzz".
The Washington Post , Style section, p. 1.
^
"diavlogs" . Bloggingheads.tv. 2012-04-26. Archived from
the original on February 5, 2012. Retrieved May 2, 2012 .
^
[1]
Archived February 6, 2006, at the
Wayback Machine
^
"Welcome to the Clarke Center" . Archived from
the original on 2006-02-23. Retrieved 2006-02-07 .
^
"The Washington Note - Web Magazine 2021" . November 2023.
^
"Steve Clemons: State of Play?" . HuffPost . March 10, 2008. Retrieved May 2, 2012 .
^
"The C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience" . Starrcenter.washcoll.edu. Retrieved May 2, 2012 .
^
"Welcome to the Clarke Center" . Archived from
the original on 2005-12-23. Retrieved 2006-01-02 .
^
"The Washington Note" . The Washington Note. Archived from
the original on 2012-05-03. Retrieved 2012-05-03 .
^
"Best Blogs of 2010 The Washington Note by Dan Fletcher" . Time . June 28, 2010. Archived from
the original on July 1, 2010. Retrieved June 17, 2013 .
^
"Steve Clemons: Paul Wolfowitz Busy Neo-Conning the World Bank: Staff Rebellion Brewing" . HuffPost . January 20, 2006. Retrieved May 2, 2012 .
^
"Clemons: Indictments tomorrow" . Daily Kos. October 25, 2005. Retrieved May 2, 2012 .
^
"Steve Clemons" .
Al-Jazeera . 17 October 2023.
^ Heath, Ryan (18 October 2021).
"Global Insider" . Politico . Retrieved 20 November 2022 .
Websites
http://www.newamerica.net/people/steven_clemons Steven C. Clemons Director, American Strategy Program] -
New America Foundation Bio
JPRI - Officers -
Japan Research Policy Institute Bio
Cheney presses on despite diminished clout
Mercurynews.com , November 10, 2005
Steven Clemons Is Shrill (For Good Reason)
Discourse.net , November 8, 2005
Ben Merens' Radio show
Wisconsin Public Radio , June 20, 2005
John Bolton Suffers Setback In Bid to Become UN Ambassador
democracynow.org , May 13, 2005
Op-Eds, Articles and Think Tanks for Sale: Thoughts on the Corruption of Washington's Ideas Industry ,
The Washington Note , December 16, 2005
UNSUBSTANTIATED ALLEGATIONS OF WRONGDOING INVOLVING THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION , US House of Representatives, March 2001
INVESTIGATION OF POLITICAL FUNDRAISING IMPROPRIETIES AND POSSIBLE VIOLATIONS OF LAW , US House of Representatives, November 5, 1998
House GOP Releases Documents On Trie
CNN , February 26, 1998
talkingpointsmemo.com -
Josh Marshall 's blog, for which Clemons briefly wrote
External links