David Dayen

Notable work and positions

The American Prospect - Executive Editor
The Intercept - Contributing Writer
Organized Money podcast - Co-host

Biography

David Dayen is executive editor of The American Prospect. He grew up in and around Philadelphia and earned a degree in English from the University of Michigan. Dayen worked for fifteen years as a television producer and video editor - first in Philadelphia, Chicago, and San Francisco, then in Los Angeles from 2002 - before transitioning to journalism. He has written for Salon, The Intercept, The New Republic, The Fiscal Times, The New York Times, Vice, and In These Times, among other outlets, and became executive editor of The American Prospect in 2019. In 2024 he launched the podcast Organized Money with antitrust researcher Matt Stoller. He is the author of Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street's Great Foreclosure Fraud (2016) and Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power (2020), and won the 2021 Hillman Prize for excellence in magazine journalism.

Career highlights

• Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street's Great Foreclosure Fraud The New Press, 2016 · An investigative account of three Americans who exposed illegal foreclosure practices at major banks; winner of the Studs and Ida Terkel Prize.
• Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power The New Press, 2020 · Examines the effects of corporate concentration on American life.
• Organized Money podcast Co-hosted with Matt Stoller since 2024, covering antitrust and corporate power.
• 2021 Hillman Prize Awarded for excellence in magazine journalism.