16 Facts About Bob Cohn

Bob Cohn was born on April 18,1963 and is an American journalist and media executive who became CEO of The Baltimore Banner in February 2024.

Bob Cohn previously served as president of The Economist and The Atlantic, was a top editor at The Atlantic and Wired, and worked as a Washington correspondent at Newsweek.

Bob Cohn has a Masters in the Study of Law from Yale Law School, where he was a Ford Foundation Fellow.

Bob Cohn served as president of The Economist from 2020 to 2024, overseeing global business performance.

Bob Cohn worked previously as president of The Atlantic and before that, editor of The Atlantic's digital properties.

Bob Cohn was the executive editor of Wired and The Industry Standard, the White House correspondent for Newsweek, and the editor and publisher of Stanford Magazine.

At The Economist, Bob Cohn was responsible for all aspects of the business in digital, print and audio, with a focus on consumer and corporate subscriptions and new commercial initiatives in education, podcasting and customer engagement.

Bob Cohn was responsible for The Atlantic's print, digital, live events, and consulting platforms.

Bob Cohn was named to the job in 2014 after five years as editor of Atlantic Digital, where he built and managed teams at TheAtlantic.

Bob Cohn began his journalism career at Newsweek, where he worked in the Washington, DC bureau for 10 years.

Bob Cohn then worked two years as executive editor of The Industry Standard in San Francisco, before taking a job as executive editor at Wired magazine, where he worked from 2001 to 2008.

At Wired, Bob Cohn helped the magazine find a mainstream following and earn national recognition, including three National Magazine Awards for General Excellence during his tenure.

In 2018, Bob Cohn was named Publishing Executive of the Year by Adweek.

Bob Cohn helped lead The Atlantic to National Magazine Awards for Magazine of the Year and Best Website.

In 2009, Bob Cohn was named a Huffington Post Game Changer in Media, along with Atlantic editor James Bennet.

In 2019, Bob Cohn did a one-semester on-campus fellowship at Harvard's Institute of Politics, where he created and taught a course on Media and Politics in a Time of Disruption and participated in the life of the Institute and the University.