Derek Thompson Biography

Derek Thompson is a writer for The Atlantic as well as being a staff editor for the Business Channel. He writes about economic policy technology and the media industry.
In 2018 he became the host of the technology and science podcast Crazy/Genius which was nominated for an iHeartMedia Best Podcast Award in its first year.
Derek graduated from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University with a triple major in journalism political science and legal studies but he doesn't plan on doing anything with that last bit.
He has also written for Slate BusinessWeek and The Daily Beast. He has appeared as a guest on radio and television networks including CBS News Radio the BBC and CNBC.
He is the author of 2017 book Hit Makers: How to Succeed in an Age of Distraction which was a national bestseller and the winner of the American Marketing Association’s Leonard L. Berry Marketing Book Award for the best marketing book of 2018.

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