David Haskell is an American magazine editor and a co-founder of
Kings County Distillery
Kings County Distillery is a distillery located at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York City. It produces corn whiskey, bourbon whiskey, and rye whiskey, as well as other American craft whiskeys.
History
Kings County Distillery was fou ...
. He is also a gallery-represented ceramist. He was named editor-in-chief of ''
New York
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'' in 2019, replacing longtime editor
Adam Moss
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At the time of Haskell's appointment the
New York Times
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noted that he is: “the sort of professionally omnivorous, type-A New Yorker who might merit a feature in his magazine’s pages.” In his first year as editor-in-chief he published advice columnist
E. Jean Carroll
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In her 201 ...
's account of being sexually assaulted by President Donald Trump and a cover on Donald Trump's potential impeachment that won the
American Society of Magazine Editors
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Cover of the Year contest. In 2021, he was named
Adweek
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’s Publishing Editor of the Year
Education
Haskell graduated from
Yale University
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in 2001 and was a
Truman Scholar
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class of 2000. After Yale he studied at
Queens' College, Cambridge
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in the inaugural class of the
Gates Cambridge Scholarship
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, receiving a
Master of Letters
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Ireland
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in architecture.
Career
While at Cambridge, Haskell founded the quarterly magazine ''Topic'': “when I found myself with time on my hands in Cambridge, I concentrated on starting something new that had to do with writing, and over the course of a few months it became clear that what we were working on was a magazine.” He moved ''Topic'' to
New York City
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in 2004 while waiting tables as his day job.
Victor Navasky
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, then publisher of The Nation and a professor at
Columbia Journalism School
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, told the
New York Times
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: “I see hundreds of little magazines, and ''Topic'' struck me as one of the smartest and most interesting combinations of literary aspiration and accessibility, with a very striking design.” Haskell edited ''Topic'' from 2002 to 2007, when he joined
New York (magazine)
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, initially to edit a special London issue.
In his early years at
New York (magazine)
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, Haskell edited the magazine's “My First New York” issue, which was published as a book from Ecco in 2010.
He also edited special features for the magazine, including a package on
Barack Obama
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’s legacy, speaking with 50 historians on how Obama's record would look years from now.
He served as Deputy editor from 2012 to 2016, at which point he was promoted to editor for business and strategy, with his purview including TV and film projects, books, and the launch of ''New York''’s online shopping site the 'Strategist. Of the inspiration for the Strategist he told Nieman Lab, “We realized that there was an opportunity for the same kind of service journalism we’ve been perfecting and focusing on for decades to be applied to internet shopping.”
In his time at the magazine prior to becoming editor-in-chief, Haskell edited nearly 300 features and 14 special issues, including ''New York''’s 50th anniversary issue, “My New York” and the Obama presidency retrospective, “Hope and What Came After.” In addition to editing ''New York'' Magazine's 50th anniversary issue, and much NYmag.com's work celebrating the milestone, he also oversaw the commemorative book Highbrow, Lowbrow, Brilliant, Despicable: Fifty Years of New York, published by
Simon & Schuster
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, and a public art project where the magazine invited 50 New York artists, including
Hank Willis Thomas
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Early life and education
Hank Willis Th ...
,
Yoko Ono
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Ono grew up i ...
, and
Barbara Kruger
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, to create covers for the magazine.
In January 2019 it was announced that Haskell would succeed
Adam Moss
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as editor-in-chief of ''New York'', officially taking the helm in April of that year. Recode described Haskell's task as “one of the hardest jobs in media: replacing a beloved magazine editor.”
CBS Sunday Morning
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aired a profile of New York during this period of transition and Haskell said of his vision for the magazine, “I don't think we're ever gonna be your first read of the day. But I think – I hope – we'll be your favorite.”
In April 2019, Haskell published “The Stolen Kids of Sarah Lawrence”, which documented how Larry Ray coerced and abused students through cult-leader tactics. After the article was published, Ray was investigated by U.S. attorneys and charged with 17 counts, including extortion and abuse. His trial began on March 10, 2022.
In June 2019 Haskell published writer E. Jean Carroll's headline-making account of being sexually assaulted by the sitting president as a cover story. Carroll told the ''New York Times'' that she decided to publish her account in New York, rather than
Elle Magazine
''Elle'' (stylized ''ELLE'') is a worldwide women's magazine of French origin that offers a mix of fashion and beauty content, together with culture, society and lifestyle. The title means "she" or "her" in French. ''Elle'' is considered the wo ...
where she was advice columnist, because ''New York'', “knows how to break news.” She subsequently filed a defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump after he called her a liar in response to the story.
''New Yorks parent company New York Media merged with
Vox Media
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in 2019.
In October 2020, Haskell brought the website
Curbed
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into ''New York''.
Under Haskell’s tenure, he has brought notable journalists to New York including
Hanna Rosin
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,
Scott Galloway
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Born in Perth, Galloway played youth football for the Australian Institute of Spor ...
,
Lindsay Peoples Wagner
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...
,
Kerry Howley
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Life
H ...
,
Choire Sicha
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,
Errol Louis
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Early life, education, and early career
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,
Andrea Long Chu
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, and
Sam Sanders.
Awards and honors
In Haskell's first year as editor-in-chief ''New York'' was named Hottest Magazine of the Year by
Adweek
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, which noted, “New York has given new life to the print format while also reimagining how to translate a bustling digital news operation to print—and readers have noticed." He was also named to Adweek's Creative 100 in 2020.
Haskell was named to the Out 100 in 2019, which mentioned that under his leadership ''New York'' “open
dits arms to queer culture.”
''New York'' won the
American Society of Magazine Editors
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’ Cover of the Year contest in 2020 for a cover on Donald Trump’s potential impeachment. The magazine was also a finalist for 9 National Magazine Awards in 2020 and its architecture critic
Justin Davidson
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In 1983, he graduated from the American Overseas School of Rome, where his mother was an English teacher. Davidson began his journalism career as a loc ...
was a finalist for the
Pulitzer Prize
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in criticism the same year.
In 2021, Haskell was chosen as AdWeek’s Publishing Editor of the Year and ''New York'' was a finalist for 8 National Magazine Awards, more than any other publication.
Forum for Urban Design
From 2005 to 2007 Haskell was the executive director of the Forum for Urban Design, and in that role he was an early proponent of bike-sharing in New York City. He wrote a ''New York Times'' op-ed that helped launch a public conversation that ultimately led to
Citibike
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launching. “A ride-share program would reduce the dependency on automobiles. It would be a great alternative to subways and bus services — and a lot cheaper for the city,” he told the ''New York Times'' in 2007.
Kings County Distillery
At the height of the 2009 recession, Haskell co-founded
Kings County Distillery
Kings County Distillery is a distillery located at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York City. It produces corn whiskey, bourbon whiskey, and rye whiskey, as well as other American craft whiskeys.
History
Kings County Distillery was fou ...
in Bushwick, Brooklyn, with his former
Yale
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roommate Colin Spoelman. It was the first distillery in New York City since prohibition. The distillery subsequently moved to the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Among other accolades, Kings County Distillery was named 2016 Distillery of the Year by Distilling Magazine, its bourbon received three stars from the ''New York Times'' and was named best small batch bourbon in the 2020 San Francisco World Spirits Competition; and its whiskey received a 2020 Craft Spirit Award.
In response to widespread hand sanitizer shortages at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Kings County Distillery began distilling alcohol for sanitizer. Haskell co-authored two books with the distillery, both published by
Abrams Books
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The enterprise is a subsidiary of the French publisher La Martinière Groupe. Run by President and CEO Michael ...
: ''Kings County Distillery Guide to Urban Moonshining'' and ''Dead Distillers: A History of the Upstarts and Outlaws Who Made American Spirits''.
Ceramics
Haskell is also a ceramist and sculptor represented by Donzella LTD, a New York City gallery. The interior designer Celerie Kembel said of his work: “I love David Haskell’s ceramic works for being warm, modern minimalist vessels (think Brancusi goes to Joshua Tree). They evoke the feeling of plants, rocks, and sculpture intertwined.”
References
External links
''New York'' magazine official websiteKing County Distillery
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people