The Hollywood Reporter has hired Mesfin Fekadu as a senior music editor to oversee coverage for the brand’s website and magazine.
Fekadu begins on Dec. 5 and will report to executive editor David Katz.
Recently, Fekadu worked at Netflix as manager, written communications. During his 13 years at The Associated Press, he served as a production coordinator, entertainment writer/producer, co-music lead, music editor and senior journalist.
He interned at MTV Networks and MSNBC.
As the announcement highlights his achievements:
His work earned him three Los Angeles Press Club Awards, and he landed eight nominations at the 2022 National Entertainment & Arts Journalism Awards, including a bid for online journalist of the year. Fekadu was named a Craig Newmark Philanthropies Fellow for the Society of Features Journalism in 2019; he has sat on the SFJ board since 2020. His alma mater, Saint Peter’s University, presented him with its Rising Star Award this year for “accomplishing a great deal in their time since graduation, continuing to make a difference in their field and showing incredible promise for the future.”
Be sure to congratulate Fekadu via Twitter.
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