John Arthur Heilemann (born January 23, 1966) is an American journalist and national affairs analyst for NBC News and MSNBC.[1] With Mark Halperin, he co-authored Game Change (2010) and Double Down (2013), books about presidential campaigning. Heilemann has formerly been a staff writer for New York, Wired,[2] and The Economist.[3]

John Heilemann
Heilemann in 2017
Born	John Arthur Heilemann (1966-01-23) January 23, 1966 (age 56) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Northwestern University (BA) Harvard University (MPP)
Occupation	Journalist Anchor
Notable work	Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime co-author Double Down: Game Change 2012 co-author
Television	With All Due Respect, The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth
Spouse	Diana Rhoten

Early life and education

Heilemann was born in Los Angeles in 1966[4] and grew up in Canoga Park. His family was originally from Wisconsin. Heilemann earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism and political science from Northwestern University and a Master of Public Policy degree from the Harvard Kennedy School.[3]

Career

He is the author of Pride Before the Fall (2001), a book about the Microsoft antitrust case. He has been a staff writer for New York, Wired, and The Economist. He was the host of a four-part documentary series for Discovery called Download: the True Story of the Internet, about the rise of the World Wide Web, which first aired in 2008.

He is the co-author (with Mark Halperin) of Game Change (2010) and Double Down (2013), books about Presidential campaigns. He and Halperin co-hosted With All Due Respect (2014–2017), a political analysis show on Bloomberg Television and MSNBC. Heilemann also produced and co-starred (with Halperin and Mark McKinnon) in Showtime's The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth, following the presidential candidates behind the scenes of their campaigns in the 2016 United States Presidential Election. Heilemann produces and co-stars in episodes of The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth, with Alex Wagner and Mark McKinnon, airing from 2016-22. Heilemann is also an occasional guest on The Tony Kornheiser Show and MSNBC’s Deadline: White House and Morning Joe.[5][6]

In 2019, Heilemann and John Battelle founded the Recount.[2][7] The Recount has a website with video, podcasts, and a newsletter.

Personal life

Heilemann is married to Diana Rhoten and lives in Manhattan.[3]

Bibliography

• Heilemann, John (2001-01-09). Pride Before the Fall: The Trials of Bill Gates and the End of the Microsoft Era. Collins Business. ISBN 0-06-662117-8.
• Heilemann, John; Halperin, Mark (January 2010). Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime. Harper. ISBN 978-0-06-173363-5.
• Heilemann, John; Halperin, Mark (October 2011). Race of a Lifetime: How Obama Won the White House Kindle Edition. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0141961347.
• Heilemann, John; Halperin, Mark (November 2013). Double Down: Game Change 2012. Penguin Press. ISBN 978-1594204401.

See also

• Morning Joe

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to John Heilemann.

• Article archive at New York magazine
• Appearances on C-SPAN
• John Heilemann on Charlie Rose
• John Heilemann at IMDb
• Works by or about John Heilemann in libraries (WorldCat catalog)