Vann R. Newkirk II

Vann R. Newkirk II is a senior editor at The Atlantic, where he has covered politics and policy. He is the host and reporter for Floodlines, The Atlantic’s award-winning documentary podcast on Hurricane Katrina. In 2017, he was named to The Root 100, and in 2018, he received the Next Award from the American Society of Magazine Editors. A 2020 11th Hour Fellow at New America, his work has been published in outlets such as the New York Times Book Review, the New York Times, the New Yorker, GQ and Ebony. He lives in Maryland.

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