David A. Plotz[3] (born 31 January 1970)[4] is an American journalist and former CEO of Atlas Obscura, an online magazine devoted to discovery and exploration.[5] A writer with Slate since its inception in 1996, Plotz was the online magazine's editor from June 2008 until July 2014,[6] succeeding Jacob Weisberg.[7] Plotz is the founder and CEO of the local-news podcast network, City Cast.[8]
He is the author of The Genius Factory: The Curious History of the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank (2005) about the Repository for Germinal Choice, and Good Book: The Bizarre, Hilarious, Disturbing, Marvelous, and Inspiring Things I Learned when I Read Every Single Word of the Bible (2009), based on his "Blogging the Bible"[12] series from Slate.com.
Plotz was married to Hanna Rosin, a former reporter for The Washington Post and a national correspondent for The Atlantic. They lived in Washington, D.C., with their three children. They have since divorced. As of 2020, Plotz lives in Washington, DC, with his three children and two cats. Plotz is Jewish.[13]
Plotz, David (2010). Good Book: The Bizarre, Hilarious, Disturbing, Marvelous, and Inspiring Things I Learned When I Read Every Single Word of the Bible. Harper Perennial. ISBN978-0061374258.
^ ab"Russian Soldiers Are Fleeing". Slate Magazine. 2022-09-15. Retrieved 2022-09-18. I was born in London; even though I'm an American, I was born circumstantially in London.
^"List of Registered Voters"(PDF). District of Columbia Board of Elections. 30 May 2016. p. 3871. Archived from the original(PDF) on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
