Media Moves

Independent journalism outlet Long Lead makes two new hires

Sarah Rogers

Long Lead has hired Sarah Rogers as a creative director, a role in which she will partner with photojournalists, filmmakers, designers, agencies and researchers to bring groundbreaking visuals to Long Lead’s award-winning reporting.

“Long Lead is a boutique powerhouse raising the bar on longform journalism and visual storytelling. I’m honored to join this team and continue telling important stories.,” Rogers said.

Previously, Rogers helmed creative teams at CNN and The Daily Beast. Her work has also been featured in The New York Times, ABC News, Rolling Stone and Prison Journalism Project.

Heather Muse has been named Long Lead’s audience development manager. Previously, she served as an editorial director at Known and as director of audience development at Reviewed, part of the USA Today Network.

“I’m excited to join the team at Long Lead and help fulfill its mission of producing journalism that affects change. So many people are searching for compelling, in-depth storytelling. It’s my goal to find them and introduce them to our creative, eye-opening work.,” Muse added.

Muse held editorial roles at Fortune and Rolling Stone and had worked as a web producer at CNNMoney.com. Muse graduated from New York University with a B.A. in journalism and mass communication.

Long Lead is a two-year-old media outlet that produces immersive, multimedia projects from independent journalists.

Be sure to congratulate Rogers and Muse on Twitter.

Mariam Ahmed

Recent Posts

Dynamo hires former Business Insider executive editor Harrington

Former Business Insider executive editor Rebecca Harrington has been hired by Dynamo to be its…

15 hours ago

Bloomberg TV hires Kerubo as desk producer

Bloomberg Television has hired Brenda Kerubo as a desk producer in London. She will be covering Europe's…

15 hours ago

Jittery CNBC staff reassured by new boss

In a meeting at CNBC headquarters Thursday afternoon, incoming boss Mark Lazarus presented a bullish…

15 hours ago

Making business news accessible to a wider audience

Ritika Gupta, the BBC's North American business correspondent, was interviewed by Global Woman magazine about…

16 hours ago

Rest of World hires Lo as China reporter

Rest of World has hired Kinling Lo as a China reporter. Lo was previously a…

16 hours ago

Bloomberg rises to No. 7 biz news website

Bloomberg News saw strong unique visitor growth to its website in October, passing Fox Business…

16 hours ago