Sam Thielman is a reporter, critic, essayist, and editor based in New York. He currently writes about media and technology for the Columbia Journalism Review, about politics for NBC NewsTHINK, and about culture, especially comic books, for The Guardian. Most recently he was the editor at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia Journalism School, where he oversaw print and website publication of the Tow Center’s research reports, journalistic output, and digital tools. Before that, he covered technology and business for The Guardian, politics for Talking Points Memo, and the New York entertainment business for Variety. In 2017, he worked as political consultant for Comedy Central’s The President Show. That year at Talking Points Memo, he broke the news that Donald Trump was exploring a hotel project in Moscow during his 2016 presidential campaign. His reporting has been cited by the House Oversight Committee and in testimony before the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and the Senate Judiciary Committee, and his essay about Disney World, No Matter How Your Heart Is Grieving, was selected by Slate as one of the best pieces published by online literary magazine The Toast. He holds a fellowship from The O’Neill Critics Institute and an MFA in Dramaturgy from the Columbia School of the Arts. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and son.
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