Guardian U.S. names Amatulli deputy head of news

The Guardian U.S. has appointed Jenna Amatulli deputy head of news. Recently, she was executive editor of news at The Independent, where she managed and edited a team of news, culture, politics, lifestyle and entertainment reporters, based in the U.K. and U.S.

Amatulli is also an adjunct journalism professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology. She served as deputy editor of Jezebel and worked at HuffPost for more than seven years.

There, she joined as a fellow and has held the posts of associate editor, trends reporter and senior editor.

She interned at Conde Nast Traveler and Vanity Fair.

Amatulli has a B.S. from Fashion Institute of Technology and a M.A. from New York University.

You can congratulate Amatulli on Twitter.