He is the author of
Pride Before the Fall (2001), a book about the
Microsoft antitrust case. He has been a staff writer for
New York,
Wired, and
The Economist. He was the host of a four-part documentary series for
Discovery called
Download: the True Story of the Internet, about the rise of the
World Wide Web, which first aired in 2008. He is the co-author (with
Mark Halperin) of
Game Change (2010) and
Double Down (2013), books about Presidential campaigns. He and Halperin co-hosted
With All Due Respect (2014–2017), a political analysis show on
Bloomberg Television and
MSNBC. Heilemann also produced and co-starred (with Halperin and
Mark McKinnon) in
Showtime's The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth, following the presidential candidates behind the scenes of their campaigns in the
2016 United States Presidential Election. Heilemann produces and co-stars in episodes of
The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth, with
Alex Wagner and
Mark McKinnon, airing from 2016 to 2022. Heilemann is also an occasional guest on
The Tony Kornheiser Show and MSNBC's
Deadline: White House,
Morning Joe, and
Real Time With Bill Maher. In 2019, Heilemann and John Battelle founded the Recount. The Recount has a website with video, podcasts, and a newsletter. == Personal life ==