James Wolcott

James Wolcott (born December 10, 1952) is an American journalist, known for his critique of contemporary media. Wolcott is the cultural critic for "Vanity Fair" and contributes to "The New Yorker". He had his own blog on "Vanity Fair" magazine's main site which was awarded a Webby Award in 2007.
Background and education.
Wolcott was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and raised in a suburban setting. He attended Maryland's Frostburg State College for two years. From there, he moved to New York City, to work at "The Village Voice," first in the circulation department answering phone complaints, then as a receptionist. He is married to Laura Jacobs, a contributing editor at "Vanity Fair". He began practicing the Transcendental Meditation technique in 2007.
Career.
Since arriving in New York, Wolcott has been a columnist on media and pop culture for such publications as "Esquire", "Harper's Magazine", "The New Yorker", "The New York Review of Books", and "New York Magazine". He was taken on at "Vanity Fair" by Leo Lerman, then the magazine's editor.
Wolcott's novel, "The Catsitters", was published in 2001. In 2004, he published "Attack Poodles and Other Media Mutants", a critique of right-wing media in the United States. In addition, he recently contributed the foreword to Geoffrey Beene's forthcoming book, "Identity".
His memoir "Lucking Out: My Life Getting Down and Semi-Dirty in Seventies New York" was published October 25, 2011.
In 2017, he advocated for the overthrow of the Trump administration by American intelligence agencies.