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Wall takes on new role at BuzzFeed News

Brandon Wall

Brandon Wall, news curation director at BuzzFeed News, will move into the newly created position of director of newsroom strategy and experiments. As he Tweets:

“I’ll be at the intersection of editorial and analytics, translating data and my knowhow of the BFN identity to help inform decisions across the newsroom.”

Wall has been with BuzzFeed for seven years. He served as a social news reporter, news curation editor, news curation lead editor and news curation deputy director. He worked at the Chicago Sun-Times in various roles, including as digital editor.

Wall has a bachelor’s degree in multimedia journalism from Lewis University in the suburban Chicago area.

You can congratulate Wall by sending him a note on his Twitter page.

Mariam Ahmed

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