Adam Serwer

Serwer received a fellowship from the Shorenstein Center in 2019, for which he researched the historical role of African Americans and voting. He received the 2019 Hillman Prize for his work on the rise of Trump, Trumpism and America's history of racism.

Serwer is married. He and his wife have one daughter (b. 2019). He practices Judaism.

Serwer received his bachelor's degree from Vassar College and his master's degree from Columbia University's School of Journalism. Following graduate school, he was a writing fellow at The American Prospect. He later worked at Mother Jones, the Atlantic, MSNBC, The Washington Post, Jack and Jill Politics, and Salon. He began work at BuzzFeed News as the national editor in August 2014. Serwer was hired as a senior editor at The Atlantic on August 15, 2016. His work there has focused on white supremacy, race in America, and the Trump administration. Essays such as "The Nationalist's Delusion" and "White Nationalism's Deep American Roots" and "The Cruelty Is the Point" have been cited by other journalists in various outlets. He has also appeared on other media such as All Things Considered, The Opposition with Jordan Klepper, In the Thick, and On My Mind with Diane Rehm to discuss his writing.

Adam Serwer (born 1982) is an American journalist. He is a staff writer at The Atlantic where his work focuses on politics. He has received awards from the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), The Root, and the Society of Professional Journalists. Serwer was named a spring 2019 Shorenstein Center fellow. He received a 2019 Hillman Prize for Opinion & Analysis Journalism.