Dan Ephron

New York

Executive Editor @ForeignPolicy, creator of I SPY podcast, author of book on Rabin assassination, ex Jerusalem bureau chief @Newsweek

Articles

Foreign Policy's Best Profiles of 2023

Dec 27, 2023 | foreignpolicy.com | Dan Ephron

One of the most ambitious stories that Foreign Policy published this year was a profile of a Palestinian official in the West Bank, Hussein al-Sheikh, who clearly has ambitions to become the next Palestinian president. It ran in July, months before the Hamas attack on Israel that triggered the bloodiest war between the two sides in their troubled history. But the story of Sheikh was also the story of the war to come: a chronicle of repression, corruption, and spasms of horrific violence.
FP's 5 Best Podcast Episodes of 2023

Dec 22, 2023 | foreignpolicy.com | Dan Ephron

The year 2023 was a difficult one for the podcast industry. Hundreds of producers have been laid off, and some of the most critically acclaimed shows have been . A drop in advertising revenue accounts at least in part for the retrenchment, but it’s not the whole story. When the popularity of podcasts soared in the United States, the corporate world invested heavily. Nearly a decade later, the margins have disappointed these profit-driven behemoths.