Susan Glasser


Susan B. Glasser is an American journalist and news editor. She writes the column "Letter from Trump’s Washington" in The New Yorker, where she is a staff writer. She has previously served as editor of Politico during the 2016 election cycle, founding editor of Politico Magazine, and editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy magazine, which won three National Magazine Awards during her tenure. Before joining Foreign Policy, Glasser spent a decade at the Washington Post, where she edited the Post's Sunday Outlook and national news sections, helped oversee coverage of Bill Clinton's impeachment, covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and served as Moscow co-bureau chief.
She is the author, with her husband Peter Baker, of ' and '. They are also writing a book on the Trump presidency and impeachment.

Biography

Glasser is the daughter of Lynn and Stephen Glasser. Her parents are the founders of a weekly legal newspaper, Legal Times, and a legal and business publishing company, Glasser Legal Works. Her grandfather, Melvin Glasser, supervised the field trials for the polio vaccine. Glasser graduated cum laude from Harvard University, where she wrote for The Harvard Crimson.

Personal life

In September 2000, she married Peter Baker in a civil ceremony. Her husband is the chief White House correspondent for The New York Times.