Stephen Rodrick is an American

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who is a contributing writer for ''

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'' and a contributing editor for ''

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''. He also writes for ''

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''. Rodrick writes mostly about politics, film, and sports, often following his subjects around for months before writing.

Biography

Before becoming a reporter, Rodrick worked as a deputy press secretary for United States Senator

Alan J. Dixon Alan John Dixon (July 7, 1927 – July 6, 2014) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served in the Illinois General Assembly from 1951 to 1971, as the Illinois Treasurer from 1971 to 1977, as the Illinois Secretary ...

. In 1996, Rodrick wrote an exposé of controversial Republican political consultant Arthur Finkelstein for ''

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''. The story included the first interview with Finkelstein in over a decade. Rodrick's stories for ''

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'' magazine have included profiles of Senator

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and former New York Mayor

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. The Giuliani story was included in the 2007 edition of ''The Best American Political Writing'' anthology. Rodrick's stories have also been anthologized five times in ''The Best American Sports Writing'' series, ''The Best American Crime Reporting'' series, ''Wild Stories: The Best of Men's Journal'', and ''Going Long: The Best Stories From Runner's World''. His first book, The Magical Stranger was published in May 2013. The book is an account of his father's life, Commander Peter Rodrick, killed in a plane crash on November 28, 1979 and two years spent with VAQ-135, his father's former squadron. The book was excerpted in ''

'', ''

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'', and the ''

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''. In November 2013, Tina Brown described Rodrick's profile of Robert Redford as "a very, very evocative piece about Redford, who is himself a survivor." In 2018, Rodrick wrote a profile about actor

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for the Rolling Stone. He appears briefly as a ''New York Times'' reporter in ''Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story'' and, uncredited, as a fantasy baseball player in ''Knocked Up''.

Bibliography

* * Online version is titled "Allison Jones, nerd hunter".

References

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