Goldberg was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Malverne, Long Island. He has covered war zones, including [Afghanistan](https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/world/afghanistan) and [Iraq](https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/world/iraq).
His experience includes working with _The Washington Post_, _The Forward_, _New York Magazine,_ and _The New Yorker_.
He joined _The Atlantic_ in 2007 as a national correspondent after two years of convincing by Chairperson David G Bradley and, in 2016, was named the magazine's 15th editor in chief