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David Plotz

American journalist

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Born: January 31, 1970
Birthplace: United States
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: writer
, journalist
Education: Harvard University
, St. Albans School
Spouse: Hanna Rosin
Languages spoken, written or signed: English
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David A. Plotz is an American journalist and former CEO of Atlas Obscura, an online magazine devoted to discovery and exploration. A writer with Slate since its inception in 1996, Plotz was the online magazine's editor from June 2008 until July 2014, succeeding Jacob Weisberg. Plotz is the founder and CEO of the local-news podcast network, City Cast.

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Given name: David
Number of children: 3
Sex or gender: male
Social media followers: 53,146(February 6, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 36171004
55,371(February 28, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 36171004
54,686(January 9, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 36171004
Family name: Plotz

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