Sean Wilentz
Jacob Weisberg, Claire Messud, Sean Wilentz All Write For Newsweek Now
Derek Shapton
Claire Messud
Surprisingly, no one caught wind of this early, but Slate editor Jacob Weisberg has apparently signed on to write a biweekly column for Newsweek. Like Mr. Weisberg's long-running on-again-off-again Slate column—which last appeared in January, and has not been a regular feature since April 2007—this new one will be called The Big Idea, and it will run in Newsweek and Slate simultaneously.
The first edition of the column appears as part of this week's special issue on the DNC, along with pieces by Princeton professor Sean Wilentz and Council on Foreign Relations president Richard Haass, both of whom will, according to Jon Meacham's editor's note, contribute to Newsweek occasionally. read more »
