Isaac Chotiner is an American journalist based in Washington, D.C. Isaac Chotiner is a staff writer at The New Yorker, where he is the principal contributor to Q&A., a series of interviews with major public figures in politics, Media, books, Business, Technology, and more. ^[1]

Isaac Chotiner graduated from the University of California, Davis with a Bachelor's degree in political science.

Prior to his current role at The New Yorker, Chotiner was a staff writer at Slate magazine and the host of the podcast “I Have to Ask.” Isaac Chotiner has written for The New Yorker, The Times, The Atlantic, The Times Literary Supplement, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal. After graduating from the University of California, Davis, Chotiner worked at Washington Monthly before joining The New Republic, in 2006, as a reporter-researcher. He went on to run the magazine’s online books section and later became a senior editor.^[4]

As of April 2020, Chotiner has over 51,000 followers on his IChotiner Twitter account, where he comments on current events.^[1]