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Associate editor Barnett departs The Drum

January 24, 2025

Posted by Chris Roush

Kendra Barnett

The Drum U.S. associate editor Kendra Barnett is leaving for a new opportunity.

Based in New York, she manages day-to-day coverage of the U.S. market and works alongside global editors to shape editorial strategy across the publication. She also spearheads The Drum’s coverage on big tech, media and data, and has a special interest in tech ethics and regulation.

She writes The Drum’s weekly Media and Tech Briefing, sent out every Tuesday.

Prior to joining The Drum, she spent a number of years working in the digital marketing space as an editorial lead and copywriter — and enjoyed a brief stint as an English teacher in Japan. Outside of her work as a journalist, she is a poet and Pushcart Prize-nominated essayist with work appearing in the American Literary Review, Into the Void Magazine, Emrys Journal, The Evansville Review and more.

She holds a master’s degree in creative writing from the University of Cambridge.

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