Asawin suebsaeng biography

Asawin Suebsaeng wanted to be one of two things when he graduated from Franklin & Marshall College: a rock musician or a political reporter.

The 2011 grad chose the latter, but as senior politics reporter for Rolling Stone, he frequently toes the line between politics and pop culture. 

“In a country of more than 300 million people, I’m willing to say I'm the only one who went into journalism for the money,” Suebsaeng joked.

The decision paid off.

Today, his writing is splashed across the pages of Rolling Stone’s magazine and website.  

Quick-witted in prose, Suebsaeng cut his teeth as a writer for Mother Jones’ Washington bureau before accepting a White House reporter role for The Daily Beast in 2015.

“The volume of things dialed up to 11 during the four years of Trump's presidency if you were a political reporter,” Suebsaeng said.  

It was a role he was ready for, thanks to an F&M education.