Press & broadcasting
Michael Kinsley
born 1951 · political journalist, editor, commentator
Detroit-born political journalist, Cranbrook graduate, editor of The New Republic, co-host of CNN's Crossfire and founding editor of Slate.
- Born
Detroit, Michigan
age 75- Birth name
- Michael E. Kinsley
- Detroit years
- 1951–1968
- Field
- Press & broadcasting
01 / The Detroit story
The Detroit story
Kinsley was born in Detroit, the son of a physician, and grew up in the Detroit area, attending the Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills before going on to Harvard, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and Harvard Law School. He became one of the sharpest political writers of his generation: editor of The New Republic, where his 'TRB' column set the tone for a generation of liberal commentary; the liberal co-host of CNN's debate show Crossfire; and in 1996 the founding editor of Slate, one of the first successful online magazines. He later edited the opinion pages of the Los Angeles Times and wrote widely about living with Parkinson's disease.
Highlights
- Founding editor of Slate (1996)
- Editor of The New Republic and author of its TRB column
- Co-host of CNN's Crossfire
- Cranbrook School graduate; Rhodes Scholar
02 / Their Detroit places
Their Detroit places 1
Where they lived, worked, performed and liked to hang out. Closed and demolished places stay here too, because they are part of the city's history.
Studied here · 1960s
Cranbrook School
The private school he attended before Harvard.