American libertarian journalist (born 1963)
Nicholas John Gillespie
(
ghil-
ESP
-ee
; born August 7, 1963)
[1]
is an American
libertarian
journalist who was editor-in-chief of
Reason
magazine from 2000 to 2008 and editor-in-chief of Reason.com and Reason TV from 2008 to 2017. Gillespie originally joined Reason's staff in 1993 as an assistant editor and ascended to the top slot in 2000. He is currently an editor-at-large at
Reason
.
[2]
Gillespie has edited one
anthology
,
Choice: The Best of Reason
.
[3]
[4]
Life and career
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Gillespie was born in
Brooklyn, New York
, and grew up in
Monmouth County, New Jersey
,
[5]
where he graduated from
Mater Dei High School
.
[6]
His educational history includes a B.A. in English and psychology from
Rutgers University
and an M.A. in English from
Temple University
, as well as a
Ph.D.
in English literature from the
State University of New York at Buffalo
.
[7]
He has two sons, Jack and Neal Gillespie.
Before joining Reason, Gillespie worked at a number of small trade magazines and other journalistic outlets.
In an interview with
CNN
anchor
Jake Tapper
, Gillespie and Tapper said they contributed articles for the alternative website
Suck.com
in the 1990s.
[8]
On Suck.com, Gillespie wrote under the
pseudonym
Mr. Mxyzptlk.
[9]
In 2010,
The Daily Beast
named Gillespie number 18 on their list of "The Right's Top 25 Journalists".
[10]
Gillespie himself is a contributor to
The Daily Beast
.
[11]
Gillespie shared the award for "Best Advocacy Journalism" at the 53rd Annual
Southern California Journalism Awards
with
Drew Carey
and Paul Feine for their work "Reason Saves Cleveland." He also received an honorable mention for "Best News Organization Website."
[12]
In 2011, Gillespie published
The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What's Wrong with America
with
Reason
editor-in-chief
Matt Welch
.
[4]
Gillespie is on the board of
Ideas Beyond Borders
, a nonprofit founded by
Faisal Saeed Al Mutar
and
Melissa Chen
.
[2]
[13]
Gillespie is known for wearing black, which he describes as appealing to his political beliefs.
[2]
He calls himself an "apatheist," referring to his apathy over the question of God's existence. Although he was raised
Catholic
, he no longer identifies as one.
[2]
References
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a
b
Gillespie, Nick (August 7, 2012).
"My Birthday Wish: Please Reverse Engineer Obama's Awful "Events Registry" By Sending Him Gifts, Not Cash"
.
Reason
.
Reason Foundation
. Retrieved
August 7,
2012
.
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a
b
c
d
"Interview with Nick Gillespie"
.
Interviews with Max Raskin
. Retrieved
2022-07-01
.
- ^
"Who's Getting Your Vote?"
.
Reason
. November 2004
. Retrieved
2008-10-27
.
- ^
a
b
Veronique de Rugy (June 21, 2011).
"The Declaration of Independents"
.
National Review Online
. Retrieved
July 2,
2011
.
- ^
Smith, Russ
.
"Interview: Nick Gillespie; The Editor-in-Chief of Reason.com and Reason.tv talks about the print media crisis, his editorial philosophy, and why his libertarian publication won’t be going easy on Obama."
, Splice Today, January 30, 2009. Accessed February 3, 2020. "I grew up in Monmouth County, New Jersey, which contains both Springsteen’s hometown (Freehold) and his early haunt (Asbury Park), so I can’t stand him in the same way that only a New Yorker can really, really hate the Yankees."
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Gillespie, Nick.
"Really Strange Bedfellows IIA final word (for now) on libertarians vs. conservatives"
,
Reason (magazine)
, December 20, 2001. Accessed February 3, 2020. "It's been a long, long while since I've been accused of impairing the morals of a minor (really). In fact, the last time I can remember such a claim being leveled against me was back in high school when I coaxed some classmates at good old Mater Dei High School into seeing Monty Python's Life of Brian rather than a less theologically charged movie."
- ^
"Staff: Nick Gillespie"
. reason.com
. Retrieved
February 11,
2010
.
- ^
CNN's Jake Tapper on The Hellfire Club, Donald Trump's Big Lies, and D.C.'s 'Bullshit Waterfall'- YouTube
- ^
"Suck Contributor: Nick Gillespie"
. Archived from
the original
on 2018-09-05
. Retrieved
2018-09-04
.
- ^
Varadarajan, Tunku (February 10, 2010).
"The Right's Top 25 Journalists: 18. Nick Gillespie"
. The Daily Beast. Archived from
the original
on February 12, 2010
. Retrieved
February 11,
2010
.
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Nick Gillespie - The Daily Beast
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Reason.com
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"Board Of Directors - Ideas Beyond Borders"
. 2020-08-27
. Retrieved
2022-07-01
.
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