Wired deputy features editor Michelle Legro was among those laid off by the Conde Nast publication last week.
She had been at Wired for nearly two years and came from Medium, where she served as deputy editor, GEN and before that, as a features editor, GEN.
Legro also worked in the story department, Radiolab, at WNYC Radio and was a contributing editor at The Wing, a twice-yearly print magazine in New York. She was also a features editor at First Look Media in New York, and a contributing editor at Columbia Journalism Review.
She has also edited for Longreads in New York and The New Republic.
Legro earned her bachelor’s degree from Barnard College and a master’s degree from Columbia University in New York.
