Michael Isikoff
Investigative journalist and author
Michael Isikoff is an American investigative journalist who has reported for the Washington Post, Newsweek, NBC News and Yahoo News. He co-wrote Russian Roulette with David Corn.
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American Born 1952 in Syosset, United States
About Michael Isikoff
Michael Isikoff is an American investigative journalist whose career has taken him through the Washington Post, Newsweek, NBC News and Yahoo News. He joined Newsweek as an investigative correspondent in June 1994, and he was NBC News national investigative correspondent from July 2010 to April 2014. At Newsweek he covered the war on terror, the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse, campaign finance, congressional ethics and presidential politics. He also appears often as a guest on television news and talk shows. The Book of the Month Club chose his book Uncovering Clinton: A Reporter's Story as its top non-fiction title for 1999. With David Corn he also wrote Hubris, and both books made the New York Times bestseller list. Their later collaboration, Russian Roulette, was published on March 13, 2018.