Bob Cohn (born April 18, 1963) is an American

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. He is the president of ''

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''.

Early life

Cohn grew up in

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and graduated from

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. He has a Masters in the Study of Law from

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, where he was a Ford Foundation Fellow.

Career

Bob Cohn is president of ''

'' since January 2020. He served previously as President of ''The Atlantic'' and, before that, editor of TheAtlantic.com. He was also the executive editor of ''Wired'' and ''The Industry Standard'', a Washington Correspondent for ''Newsweek'', and the editor and publisher of ''Stanford Magazine''. As president, Cohn has led ''The Atlantic'' to record audiences, revenue, and profitability. He was responsible for ''The Atlantics print, digital, live events, and consulting platforms. He was named to the job in 2014 after five years as editor of Atlantic Digital, where he built and managed teams at TheAtlantic.com, The Wire, and

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, and grew the audience ten-fold. He joined ''

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'' in January 2009. Cohn began his journalism career at ''

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'', where he worked in the

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bureau for 10 years. He covered the

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and the

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for three years during the presidency of

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, and the Clinton White House from 1993 to 1996. In 1996, he moved to

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to be editor and publisher of ''

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''. He then worked two years as executive editor of ''

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'' in

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, before taking a job as executive editor at ''Wired'' magazine, where he worked from 2001 to 2008. At ''Wired'', Cohn helped the magazine find a mainstream following and earn national recognition, including three

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for General Excellence during his tenure.

Awards

In 2018, Cohn was named Publishing Executive of the Year by Adweek. He helped lead ''The Atlantic'' to National Magazine Awards for Magazine of the Year (2016) and Best Website (2013). ''The Atlantic'' was named Publisher of the Year by Digiday in 2016, and to Advertising Age's Magazine A-List in that same year. TheAtlantic.com was a finalist for a National Magazine Award for General Excellence in 2010, 2011, and 2012. During his tenure at ''Wired'', the magazine won three National Magazine Awards for General Excellence. In 1992 he won, with his colleague David Kaplan, the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award for coverage of the Supreme Court nomination process. In 2009, Cohn was named a

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Game Changer in Media, along with ''Atlantic'' editor James Bennet. '' Washingtonian'' selected Cohn as one of its “Movers and Shakers Behind the Scenes," while "GQ" picked him as one of “50 Most Powerful People in Washington.”

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