The Atlantic staff writer Derek Thompson is leaving the publication after 17 years and moving his writing to a Substack.
He is the author of the “Work in Progress” newsletter and often writes about business and economics topics.
Thompson has been a senior editor and business editor of The Atlantic’s website. He also has written a business column for the magazine. He frequently appears on radio and television, including NPR and CNBC.
He has been an adjunct professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where he teaches a class on writing for the Internet. In 2012, he appeared in FOLIO: magazine’s 15 Under 30, Min’s People to Watch, and Reuters’ Counterparties’ blogs to follow.
Thompson, who has also written for Slate, BusinessWeek, and the Daily Beast, is a Northwestern graduate. He is also the author of the books “Hit Makers” and “On Work: Money, Meaning, Identity” and the host of the podcast “Plain English.”
