Waldman is the co-founder of Beliefnet, the largest religion and spirituality site on the Internet, reaching 4 million people daily through email newsletters and 2 million monthly to the website. Before creating Beliefnet, he worked as an editor, writer and manager in different media. He was National Editor of US News and World Report and worked for eight years as in Newsweek’s Washington bureau, writing award-winning cover stories on a variety of social issues, serving as national correspondent and as a deputy editor. In 1986-87, he served as editor of The Washington Monthly, the influential political magazine. Waldman also served as senior advisor to the CEO of the Corporation for National Service, a $750 million government agency that runs AmeriCorps and other volunteer programs. He is the author of an acclaimed book titled The Bill about the passage of the AmeriCorps law, which is now a textbook in college courses around the U.S.