Dorothy Wickenden became the Executive Editor of The New Yorker in January, 1996.  She joined the magazine as Managing Editor in March, 1995.

As Executive Editor, Ms. Wickenden assigns stories for the magazine; oversees the editing of each issue, working closely with the writers, editors, and art department; supervises long-term editorial planning and projects; and edits two special issues each year.

Previously, Ms. Wickenden was National Affairs Editor at Newsweek from 1993-1995. Before that, she spent fifteen years at The New Republic, first as Managing Editor and later as Executive Editor. She edited “The New Republic Reader: 80 Years of Opinion and Debate” (Basic Books, 1994), an anthology of New Republic pieces. Ms. Wickenden has also written for The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, The New Republic, the Washington Post, and the Wilson Quarterly.

A member of Phi Beta Kappa and a magna cum laude graduate of Hobart and William Smith Colleges, she was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard in 1988-1989. She served as a member of the Colleges’ Board of Trustees from 1994-1998. She lives with her husband and two daughters in Westchester, New York.