Lindsay Sobel came to the American Prospect in January of 2000 as the first editor of the newly launched American Prospect Online. Before joining the Prospect, she worked for Slate magazine and covered Congress for The Hill newspaper. Sobel earned her B.A. from the University of Michigan and a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Sobel grew up in Los Angeles and now lives in Cambridge, MA, with her husband Terry Klein.