David Skinner (journalist)
David Paul Skinner (born February 25, 1973) is the editor of "Humanities" magazine, which is published by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Before assuming the editorship of "Humanities" in 2007, Skinner was an assistant managing editor at "The Weekly Standard", for which he frequently wrote. Prior to joining the "Standard" in November 1998, Skinner was managing editor of "The Public Interest". David Skinner has written for "The Wall Street Journal", "Slate", "The Washington Times", "The New Atlantis", "Education Next", and other publications. He is on the usage panel for the American Heritage Dictionary. Until 2007, he  edited "Doublethink", a quarterly journal for young writers published by America's Future Foundation. He also was formerly associated with the "Galley Slaves" blog, along with fellow "Weekly Standard" staffers Jonathan V. Last and Victorino Matus. Skinner's first book, "The Story of Ain't: America, Its Language, and the Most Controversial Dictionary Ever Published" (), was published in 2012.