David A. Kaplan is an American journalist. Kaplan is a writer and editor at Newsweek, where he edits the Enterprise section and the annual college issue. Kaplan is a graduate of Cornell University and the New York University School of Law During the 1994-1995 academic year, he was a John S. Knight fellow in journalism at Stanford University. Kaplan lives north of New York City with his wife, attorney Audrey S. Feinberg, and their two sons.
Before becoming a journalist, Kaplan was a Wall Street attorney. He was an intern with the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan and a summer fellow at the White House Press Office. He has taught both writing and intellectual-property in several law schools.