Hounshell, On Politics editor at the NY Times, passes away

Blake Hounshell

Blake Hounshell, On Politics editor at The New York Times passed away on Tuesday in Washington, aged 44.

Hounshell had held top editorial posts at Politico, where he worked for seven years, before joining the Times. Some of his posts include serving as editor in chief of Politico Magazine and as managing editor for Washington and politics.

He also served as managing editor of Foreign Policy.

Sam Roberts of The New York Times wrote:

“His family said in a statement that he had died ‘after a long and courageous battle with depression.’ The police in Washington were investigating the death as a suicide, a police official said.
“Mr. Hounshell, who joined The Times in 2021, wrote ‘On Politics’ out of Washington, incorporating contributions from other Times correspondents. The newsletter appears five days a week and is regularly read by an estimated half-million paying subscribers.
“Born on Sept. 4, 1978, in California, Bernard Blakeman Hounshell was raised in Delaware and Pittsburgh. He graduated from Yale University with a bachelor’s degree in political science in 2002. He began his journalism career after studying Arabic in Cairo.”