Warren moving to tech coverage at BuzzFeed
BuzzFeed investigations reporter Tom Warren is moving to cover the intersection of money, technology and the internet. He has been with BuzzFeed since May 2015 in its London bureau. Warren was previously at The Bureau of Investigative Journalism for two years. He holds a master’s degree from City University London and a bachelor’s degree from the London […]
Bensinger departs BuzzFeed News for the NY Times
Ken Bensinger has joined The New York Times to cover a new beat – right-wing media as part of the democracy team on the Politics desk. Bensinger joined from BuzzFeed News, where he was an investigative reporter and shared a National Magazine Award. Previously, he reported on the auto industry at the Los Angeles Times, […]
BuzzFeed News promotes Hardin to audience engagement lead editor
Brandon Hardin is now an audience engagement lead editor at BuzzFeed News, where he will lead the rebranded curation team. Recently, Hardin served as editor – news curation. Previously, he was a copy editor at BCforward and worked at social media company PRO Unlimited, where he wrote headlines and context paragraphs. Hardin was a copy […]
Valdivia swaps BuzzFeed for NPR
Pablo Valdivia has joined NPR as an engagement editor. Valdivia tweets, “I’ll be working across digital, radio, and podcast to elevate and tell Latino stories, as well as help call in the community across the network.” Recently, he was a senior Latin culture editor at BuzzFeed as well as a senior editor and manager, editor, […]
BuzzFeed News hires Betts as breaking news reporter
BuzzFeed News has hired Anna Betts as a breaking news reporter, based in New York City. Recently, Betts interned at Spectrum, where she wrote breaking news and national stories. Her freelance work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Verge and The Village Voice. Her photography has been published by BuzzFeed News, i-D Magazine Vice […]
BuzzFeed News appoints King managing editor
Jamilah King is now managing editor at BuzzFeed News. Previously, King served as deputy inequality reporter, a role in which she managed and edited a global team of reporters who cover racial, gender, and economic inequality. King worked as race and justice reporter and hosted a weekly national politics podcast at Mother Jones. She was […]
NY Times makes two new hires on the Style desk
The New York Times has tapped Madison Malone Kircher and Joe Bernstein as reporters on Style. Recently, Kircher was host and producer of “In Case You Missed It,” Slate’s podcast about internet culture. She was also a senior writer at the magazine. She wrote for the New York Magazine and reported for Business Insider. Kircher […]
Surana swaps BuzzFeed News for ProPublica
Kavitha Surana will join ProPublica as a reporter on National, effective Aug. 1. Previously, Surana was a staff reporter at BuzzFeed News and an enterprise reporter at the Tampa Bay Times. She served as a senior reporting fellow at ProPublica from January 2018 to April 2019. She was an editorial fellow at Foreign Policy Magazine […]
Miller joins NY Times Opinion as writer/editor
The New York Times Opinion has tapped Katherine Miller as a writer/editor to cover elections and democracy. Previously, Miller spent more than eight years at BuzzFeed, where she was a political editor. Before that, she was an assistant managing editor at the Washington Free Beacon. Miller has a B.A. in English from Vanderbilt University. You […]
Mimms joins NBC News Digital as politics editor
NBC News Digital has tapped Sarah Mimms as a politics editor, based in Washington, D.C. Recently, Mimms was a politics reporter at BuzzFeed News, which she joined in 2016 as D.C. editor. Previously, she was U.S. politics editor at Vice News. She was a staff correspondent at the National Journal, where she covered the Senate, and […]
