Jason Gray Zengerle is a political reporter. Since December 2025, he is a staff writer at theThe New Yorker.^[1] According toPolitico writerHadas Gold, Zengerle is "known for his deep dives into political themes".^[2]

Zengerle attendedLandon School, a private all-boys preparatory school inBethesda, Maryland, graduating in 1992.^[3] He then studied atSwarthmore College, graduating in 1996.^[4] He has subsequently been a member of the Swarthmore Alumni Council.^[5][6]

Early in his career, he was a writing fellow at theAmerican Prospect.^[7] His 2007 article "The Accidental Populist", originally published inThe New Republic was anthologized inBest American Political Writing 2007.^[8][9] A 2012 profile ofPeter Beinart for theNew York magazine following the publication of Beinart's book,The Crisis of Zionism, received praise from Ira Glunts inMondoweiss andMarc Tracy inTablet.^[10][11][12] Beginning in 2013, Zengerle was a staff writer atPolitico and aGQ contributor.^[13][14]

Zengerle was hired as a senior editor at theThe New Republic byFranklin Foer, the magazine's editor, in early 2014,^[15] but left the magazine in December 2014 as part of a wider exodus when ownerChris Hughes took closer control and appointed Gabriel Snyder as editor.^[14] In 2015, he became political correspondent atGQ.^[14] At the same time, he became a contributing editor forNew York Magazine.^[14] In 2016, he leftNew York Magazine to become a contributing writer atThe New York Times Magazine, while continuing atGQ.^[2]

Zengerle received the 2019Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting from theNewhouse School atSyracuse University.^[16][17] In 2023, Zengerle was a national fellow at think tankNew America.^[18][19] Since December 2025, he has been a staff writer atThe New Yorker.^[1] In 2026, he published a biography ofTucker Carlson,Hated By All the Right People.^[20][21] Zengerle's book was written without Carlson's cooperation.^[22] TheNew York Times called the book "breezy, entertaining and ultimately disquieting".^[23]

Zengerle is married and lives with his wife, a physician and fellow Swarthmore graduate, and two children inChapel Hill, North Carolina.^[3][6]

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