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Scott Hanford Stossel (born August 7, 1969) is an American
journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalis ...
and editor. He is the national editor of ''
The Atlantic ''The Atlantic'' is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher. It features articles in the fields of politics, foreign affairs, business and the economy, culture and the arts, technology, and science. It was founded in 1857 in Boston, ...
'' magazine,"Scott - Authors - The Atlantic"
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The Atlantic ''The Atlantic'' is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher. It features articles in the fields of politics, foreign affairs, business and the economy, culture and the arts, technology, and science. It was founded in 1857 in Boston, ...
''. Retrieved January 19, 2011.
and previously served as executive editor of ''
The American Prospect ''The American Prospect'' is a daily online and bimonthly print American political and public policy magazine dedicated to American modern liberalism and progressivism. Based in Washington, D.C., ''The American Prospect'' says it "is devoted t ...
'' magazine.


Life

He is a graduate of
Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...
. He is the son of Anne Hanford and
Thomas P. Stossel Thomas P. Stossel (September 10, 1941 – September 29, 2019) was an American hematologist, inventor, medical researcher, and writer that discovered gelsolin, and invented the BioAegis, BioAegis technology estate. He was also a professor emeritus ...
, the brother of cartoonist Sage Stossel, and the nephew of TV journalist
John Stossel John Frank Stossel (born March 6, 1947) is an American libertarian television presenter, author, consumer journalist, and pundit. He is known for his career as a host on ABC News, Fox Business Network, and Reason TV. Stossel's style combines ...
. In 2014, Stossel was awarded the Erikson Institute Prize for Excellence in Mental Health Media. Stossel has advocated for approaches to help
anxiety Anxiety is an emotion which is characterized by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil and includes feelings of dread over anticipated events. Anxiety is different than fear in that the former is defined as the anticipation of a future threat wh ...
.


Bibliography

* Stossel wrote and published an article ''My Anxious, Twitchy, Phobic (Somehow Successful) Life'' in the Atlantic magazine (January/February 2014)Surviving Anxiety
The Atlantic, January/February 2014 print and online
which describes his lifelong struggles with debilitating anxiety. This article was adapted from his new book, * ''Sarge: The Life and Times of Sargent Shriver'', () *''My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind'' January, 2014, Knopf ().


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* * 1969 births Living people American biographers American magazine editors American male biographers American male journalists American people of German-Jewish descent Jewish American journalists Harvard University alumni The Atlantic (magazine) people 21st-century American Jews {{US-editor-stub