{{short description|American writer and editor}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2021}} thumb|Elijah Wolfson '''Elijah Wolfson''' is an American writer and editor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aspenideas.org/speaker/elijah-wolfson|title=Elijah Wolfson - Aspen Ideas Festival|website=Aspen Ideas Festival|accessdate=19 August 2017}}</ref> He is currently an editor at The Los Angeles Times, where he manages the environment, health and science team. Previously, he was an editorial director at ''Time'',<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://time.com/6050783/time-announces-changes-to-editorial-leadership-structure/ |title=Time Announces Changes to Editorial Leadership Structure To Further Subscriptions and Digital Transformation |magazine=Time |date=May 24, 2021 |access-date=December 19, 2021 |archive-date=December 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219204353/https://time.com/6050783/time-announces-changes-to-editorial-leadership-structure/ |url-status=live }}</ref> an editor at ''Quartz,''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Elijah Wolfson — Quartz|url=https://qz.com/author/elijahqz/|access-date=2017-04-17|website=Quartz|language=en-US|archive-date=October 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026201108/https://qz.com/author/elijahqz/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=From White House Intern to Quartz Photo Editor|url=http://www.adweek.com/digital/quartz-johnny-simon-georgia-frances-king-sari-zeidler/|accessdate=19 August 2017|website=Adweek |date=June 28, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=19 July 2016|title=Movement at Quartz - Cision|url=http://www.cision.com/us/2016/07/movement-at-quartz/|accessdate=19 August 2017|website=Cision}}</ref> and a senior editor at ''Newsweek.''<ref>{{Cite news|title=Elijah Wolfson|language=en|work=Newsweek|url=http://www.newsweek.com/authors/elijah-wolfson|access-date=2017-04-17|archive-date=December 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227011106/https://www.newsweek.com/authors/elijah-wolfson|url-status=live}}</ref> He has primarily covered science, health, technology and culture.<ref>{{cite web|author=Elijah Wolfson|date=August 12, 2015|title=Sex Cells|url=http://www.fnal.gov/pub/colloquium/abs/Wolfson_8_12_15.pdf|accessdate=2017-08-19|website=Fnal.gov|archive-date=April 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170429161756/http://www.fnal.gov/pub/colloquium/abs/Wolfson_8_12_15.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Barbara|first=Guzzetti|date=27 August 2015|title=Handbook of Research on the Societal Impact of Digital Media|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bw14CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA621|accessdate=19 August 2017|publisher=IGI Global|isbn=9781466683112|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Newsweek Announces Results of 2015 Green Rankings|url=http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/newsweek-announces-results-of-2015-green-rankings-506161791.html|accessdate=19 August 2017|website=Prnewswire.co.uk|archive-date=April 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418083059/http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/newsweek-announces-results-of-2015-green-rankings-506161791.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Wolfson has contributed to The Atlantic,<ref>{{cite web|title=Seeing red: The 'messy' meanings of how we see color|url=https://www.minnpost.com/second-opinion/2014/01/seeing-red-messy-meanings-how-we-see-color|accessdate=19 August 2017|website=Minnpost.com|date=January 31, 2014|archive-date=April 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418163229/https://www.minnpost.com/second-opinion/2014/01/seeing-red-messy-meanings-how-we-see-color|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Wolfson|first=Elijah|title=Elijah Wolfson|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/author/elijah-wolfson/|access-date=2017-04-17|website=The Atlantic|date=January 29, 2014|language=en-US|archive-date=April 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418082511/https://www.theatlantic.com/author/elijah-wolfson/|url-status=live}}</ref> Al Jazeera America,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Elijah Wolfson|url=http://america.aljazeera.com/profiles/w/elijah-wolfson.html|access-date=2017-04-17|website=america.aljazeera.com|archive-date=April 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414152334/http://america.aljazeera.com/profiles/w/elijah-wolfson.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Essig|first=Todd|title=Managing The Risks Of Taking Adderall To Enhance Work Performance|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/toddessig/2013/12/06/managing-the-risks-of-taking-adderall-to-enhance-work-performance/#1e9de70e7eff|accessdate=19 August 2017|website=Forbes.com|archive-date=April 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418165341/https://www.forbes.com/sites/toddessig/2013/12/06/managing-the-risks-of-taking-adderall-to-enhance-work-performance/#1e9de70e7eff|url-status=live}}</ref> Vice,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Elijah Wolfson|url=https://www.vice.com/en/contributor/elijah-wolfson/|access-date=2017-04-17|website=Motherboard|date=September 13, 2013|language=en|archive-date=February 27, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227160328/https://www.vice.com/en/contributor/elijah-wolfson|url-status=live}}</ref> and the Huffington Post,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Elijah Wolfson|url=https://huffingtonpost.com/author/elijah-wolfson-|access-date=2017-04-17|website=The Huffington Post|archive-date=July 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713150541/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/elijah-wolfson-|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Scrivner|first=L.|date=24 September 2014|title=Becoming Insomniac: How Sleeplessness Alarmed Modernity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=41eoBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT17|accessdate=19 August 2017|publisher=Springer|isbn=9781137268747|via=Google Books}}</ref> and has appeared on MSNBC, BBC World News,<ref>{{Cite web|title=BBC World Focus on Africa Newsweek Ebola|url=https://vimeo.com/104650301|access-date=2017-04-17|website=Vimeo|archive-date=April 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418082710/https://vimeo.com/104650301|url-status=live}}</ref> NPR and other media outlets.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Altman|first=Anna|title=Retweet if You're Grieving|department=Op-Talk|work=The New York Times |date=October 22, 2014 |url=https://op-talk.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/10/22/retweet-if-youre-grieving/?_r=0|access-date=2017-04-17}}</ref>
Wolfson was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and raised in Ridgewood, New Jersey, and Manhattan, New York. He studied rhetoric and creative writing at the University of California, Berkeley.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsweek.com/university-california-system-turning-private-285962|title=UC Regents Approve System-Wide Tuition Hikes|date=20 November 2014|website=Newsweek.com|accessdate=19 August 2017|archive-date=April 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418090620/http://www.newsweek.com/university-california-system-turning-private-285962|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://talkingbiznews.com/1/quartz-hires-ideas-editor-markets-reporter-in-london-others/|title=Quartz hires ideas editor, markets reporter in London, others - Talking Biz News|website=talkingbiznews.com|date=June 28, 2016|accessdate=19 August 2017|archive-date=April 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418082617/http://talkingbiznews.com/1/quartz-hires-ideas-editor-markets-reporter-in-london-others/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://theeveningclass.blogspot.com/2008/05/pfa-we-are-cinema-evening-class.html|title=The Evening Class: PFA: We Are Cinema — The Evening Class Interviews With Matt Losada, Elijah Wolfson and Hector Jimenez|first=Michael|last=Guillen|date=5 May 2008|website=Theveningclass.blogspot.com|accessdate=19 August 2017|archive-date=August 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820034744/http://theeveningclass.blogspot.com/2008/05/pfa-we-are-cinema-evening-class.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He is the son of Dr. Elizabeth Wolfson a psychotherapist, and of the scholar Elliot Wolfson. In 2013, he married the writer and painter Jas Johl, his former co-editor at The Cal Literature and Arts Magazine at Berkeley. The pair separated in 2018; they remain artistic collaborators.
In 2013, Wolfson was awarded a Langeloth Health Journalism Fellowship by the John Jay College Center on Media, Crime, and Justice.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/forum/2013/10/04/amy-solomon-senior-advisor-department-of-justice-and-hon-robert-russell-presiding-judge-at-drug-treatment-courts-of-buffalo-n-y-to-speak-on-correctional-health-care-and-the-affordable-care-act/|title=Amy Solomon, Senior Advisor, Department of Justice; and Hon. Robert Russell, Presiding Judge at Drug Treatment Courts of Buffalo, N.Y. to speak on correctional health care and the Affordable Care Act at John Jay College – CUNY Newswire – CUNY|website=Cuny.edu|language=en-US|access-date=2017-04-17|archive-date=April 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418083827/http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/forum/2013/10/04/amy-solomon-senior-advisor-department-of-justice-and-hon-robert-russell-presiding-judge-at-drug-treatment-courts-of-buffalo-n-y-to-speak-on-correctional-health-care-and-the-affordable-care-act/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2015, he was awarded an International Reporting Project Fellowship,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://internationalreportingproject.org/fellows-editors/profile/wolfson-elijah|title=Wolfson, Elijah — International Reporting Project|website=internationalreportingproject.org|language=en|access-date=2017-04-17|archive-date=April 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418082151/https://internationalreportingproject.org/fellows-editors/profile/wolfson-elijah|url-status=live}}</ref> and covered the Nepal Earthquake of 2015 from the ground.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newsweek.com/2016/04/29/nepal-earthquake-ghorka-kharelthok-resource-center-450396.html|title=The poorest Nepalis suffer the most after the 2015 earthquake devastation|date=2016-04-21|website=Newsweek|access-date=2017-04-17|archive-date=April 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418095130/http://www.newsweek.com/2016/04/29/nepal-earthquake-ghorka-kharelthok-resource-center-450396.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, Wolfson was also awarded the Metcalf Institute Fellowship<ref>{{cite web|url=http://metcalfinstitute.org/newsrelease-2015-fellows/|title=Ten Journalists Awarded Metcalf Institute Fellowship|website=metcalfinstitute.org|accessdate=19 August 2017|archive-date=April 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418165446/http://metcalfinstitute.org/newsrelease-2015-fellows/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the 2015 Population Institute Global Media Award for his reporting on the relationship between climate change and access to family planning in developing countries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.populationinstitute.org/newsroom/news/view/69/|title=The Population Institute|website=Populationinstitute.org|access-date=2017-04-17|archive-date=April 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418083318/https://www.populationinstitute.org/newsroom/news/view/69/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2016, his ''Newsweek'' cover story<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsweek.com/2016/03/11/child-abuse-allegations-hasidic-ultraorthodox-jewish-community-brooklyn-432688.html|title=For decades, child abuse was allegedly covered up in Brooklyn's Hasidic community|date=3 March 2016|website=Newsweek|accessdate=19 August 2017|archive-date=August 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820020920/http://www.newsweek.com/2016/03/11/child-abuse-allegations-hasidic-ultraorthodox-jewish-community-brooklyn-432688.html|url-status=live}}</ref> investigated allegations of child abuse at Jewish Chabad school system of New York.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wnyc.org/story/investigation-claims-abuse-chabad-school-system|title=Investigating Abuse Allegations in the Chabad School System|website=Wnyc.org|accessdate=19 August 2017|archive-date=April 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418164618/http://www.wnyc.org/story/investigation-claims-abuse-chabad-school-system/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.survivorsforjustice.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2672:investigating-abuse-allegations-in-the-chabad-school-system&catid=2:news&Itemid=57|title=Investigating Abuse Allegations in the Chabad School System|website=Survivorsforjustice.org|accessdate=19 August 2017|archive-date=April 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418082621/http://www.survivorsforjustice.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2672:investigating-abuse-allegations-in-the-chabad-school-system&catid=2:news&Itemid=57|url-status=live}}</ref> The story sparked protests.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsweek.com/yeshiva-child-abuse-newsweek-protest-438482|title=Newsweek exposé on alleged Hasidic child abuse sparks Brooklyn protest|date=18 March 2016|website=Newsweek|accessdate=19 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://frumfollies.wordpress.com/2016/03/17/why-you-should-attend-the-sunday-demonstration-in-crown-heights-against-abuse/|title=Why You Should Attend the Sunday Demonstration in Crown Heights against Abuse|first=Yerachmiel|last=Lopin|date=18 March 2016|website=Frumfollies.wordpress.com|accessdate=19 August 2017|archive-date=April 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418084237/https://frumfollies.wordpress.com/2016/03/17/why-you-should-attend-the-sunday-demonstration-in-crown-heights-against-abuse/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collive.com/show_news.rtx?id=39685|title=Don't Burn Down the House|website=collive|date=March 13, 2016|accessdate=19 August 2017|archive-date=April 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418082126/http://www.collive.com/show_news.rtx?id=39685|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/life/2016/03/like-the-catholic-church-the-hasidic-community-has-a-child-abuse-problem|title=Like the Catholic Church, the Hasidic Community Has a Child Abuse Problem|website=Complex|accessdate=19 August 2017|archive-date=April 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418081456/http://www.complex.com/life/2016/03/like-the-catholic-church-the-hasidic-community-has-a-child-abuse-problem|url-status=live}}</ref>
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