John Heilemann

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| birth_name = John Arthur Heilemann

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Harvard University (MPP)

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| notable_works = Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime co-author
Double Down: Game Change 2012 co-author

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John Arthur Heilemann (born January 23, 1966) is an American journalist and national affairs analyst for NBC News and MSNBC.{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/30/playbook-juice-may-30-238928|title=Tuesday's Juice|date=May 30, 2017|work=Politico|access-date=November 27, 2018}} 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,{{cite news |last1=Darcy |first1=Oliver |title=John Heilemann, John Battelle launch new politics-focused media outlet |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/29/media/john-heilemann-battelle-the-recount/ |work=CNN Business |publisher=Turner Broadcasting System |date=July 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730065441/https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/29/media/john-heilemann-battelle-the-recount/ |archive-date=July 30, 2019}} and The Economist.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsb.com/speakers/john-heilemann|title=John Heilemann|website=Washington Speakers Bureau|access-date=November 27, 2018}}

Early life and education

Heilemann was born in Los Angeles in 1966{{Cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGJ3-2S2|title=FamilySearch Results|website=FamilySearch|url-access=registration }} 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.

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 to 2022. Heilemann is also an occasional guest on The Tony Kornheiser Show and MSNBC's Deadline: White House, Morning Joe, and Real Time With Bill Maher.{{Cite news|url=https://art19.com/shows/the-tony-kornheiser-show/episodes/880cde7b-bf33-4620-83ea-ca8b61cdcc6d|title=Thanks for the chicken feet and gall bladders|date=June 8, 2017|work=The Tony Kornheiser Show|access-date=November 27, 2018|archive-date=November 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128075549/https://art19.com/shows/the-tony-kornheiser-show/episodes/880cde7b-bf33-4620-83ea-ca8b61cdcc6d|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?role=nm2129264&job_type=self|title=Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With John Heilemann|website=IMDb|access-date=February 16, 2020}}

In 2019, Heilemann and John Battelle founded the Recount.{{cite news |last1=Fischer |first1=Sara |title=Shakeup hitting The Recount, staff cuts coming |url=https://www.axios.com/2022/05/02/recount-staff-cuts-shakeup |work=Axios |date=May 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609083013/https://www.axios.com/2022/05/02/recount-staff-cuts-shakeup |archive-date=June 9, 2022}} The Recount has a website with video, podcasts, and a newsletter.

Personal life

Heilemann was married to Diana Rhoten from 2006 until 2024.{{cite web |url=https://trellis.law/case/36091/ef20241676/john-heilemann-v-diana-rhoten |title=Case EF20241676 Heilemann, John V. Rhoten, Diana - Trellis: Legal Intelligence + Judicial Analytics }} He currently lives in Manhattan.

Bibliography

{{cite book |last=Heilemann |first=John |author-link=John Heilemann |date=January 9, 2001 |title=Pride Before the Fall: The Trials of Bill Gates and the End of the Microsoft Era |publisher=Collins Business | url=https://archive.org/details/pridebeforefallt00heil |isbn=0-06-662117-8}}
{{cite book |last1=Heilemann |first1=John |last2=Halperin |first2=Mark |author-link1=John Heilemann | author-link2=Mark Halperin |date=January 2010 | title=Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime | url=https://archive.org/details/gamechange00john |publisher=Harper |isbn=978-0-06-173363-5}}
{{cite book |last1=Heilemann |first1=John |last2=Halperin |first2=Mark |author-link1=John Heilemann | author-link2=Mark Halperin |date=October 2011 |title=Race of a Lifetime: How Obama Won the White House Kindle Edition |publisher=Penguin Books |isbn=978-0141961347}}
{{cite book |last1=Heilemann |first1=John |last2=Halperin |first2=Mark |author-link1=John Heilemann | author-link2=Mark Halperin |date=November 2013 | url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781594204401_0 | title=Double Down: Game Change 2012 |publisher=Penguin Press |isbn=978-1594204401}}