Charter hires Nazeer as managing editor
Charter, a new operation covering the workplace, has hired Cari Nazeer to be its managing editor. She will start next week and focus on digging into how to make the future of work better and more equitable. Nazeer has been the content lead at Medium for Self and has been at Medium since September 2018. […]
Chambers joins LinkedIn as a news editor
LinkedIn has tapped Jenna N. Chambers as a news editor, working on audience engagement and distribution strategy for the LinkedIn News team. She joins from Medium, where she was most recently an editorial manager, platform content. Before that, she served as an audience engagement editor and assistant audience engagement editor. She was also a tech […]
González-Ramírez departs Medium for NY Magazine
Andrea González-Ramírez has joined the New York Magazine as a senior writer, The Cut. Previously, she was a senior staff writer, GEN, at Medium. She has also freelanced for Insider, The Lily, The Cut, Cosmopolitan, among other outlets. González-Ramírez was also the recipient of the 2019 Ida B. Wells Fellowship. She has also interned at, […]
Unfinished Media hires Beres as editor-in-chief
Damon Beres will be joining the team at Unfinished as editor-in-chief of Unfinished Media, a new brand focused on tech and society. Previously, Beres was co-founder and editor-in-chief of Medium’s OneZero. The team’s work has been cited in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Verge, Politico, Vice, Fox Business, the Guardian, Vox, and […]
OneZero senior editor Merchant departs
Brian Merchant, a senior editor at Medium’s tech publication OneZeo, has taken the buyout offer and departed. Merchant is author of a bestselling book about the iPhone, “The One Device.” He’s currently at work on a second book, about the first rebellion against automation—the deeply misunderstood Luddite uprisings of the early 1800s—and what might cause […]
Mullin departs Medium’s OneZero
Emily Mullin, who had been reporting on biotech for Medium’s OneZero publication, is among those who have taken its buyout offer. “I’m grateful to have had the opportunity to pursue meaningful stories about biotechnology and society over the past two years,” she wrote on Twitter. Emily Mullin Mullen was previously a freelance writer who has […]
Marker senior writer Walker takes buyout
Rob Walker, a senior writer at Medium’s business magazine Marker, is taking the company’s buyout. His last day will be April 7. Walker covers design, technology, business, the arts, and other subjects. He is also a columnist for Marker. He has contributed to The New York Times, Bloomberg Businessweek, The Atlantic, NewYorker.Com, Design Observer, The […]
NY Times Opinion makes three new hires
The following excerpt announcement was sent out by The New York Times managing editor of Opinion Charlotte Greensit, deputy op-ed editor Jyoti Thottam and design director, Opinion, Kate Elazegui: Indrani Sen will start next week as the new culture vertical editor for Opinion. She joins The Times from Medium, where she was an editorial director […]
Medium makes editorial and leadership changes
Medium CEO Evan Williams announced in an email to staff that the company is “making some changes to our editorial strategy and leadership and giving a voluntary exit option to employees who would like to take a different path.” The move comes after the company’s decision to scale back its online magazines, which it added […]
Jerkins joins ESPN as senior editor for culture
New York Times best-selling author Morgan Jerkins has joined ESPN’s The Undefeated as senior editor for culture where she will be leading a team focused on long- and short-form expository features on African-American music, theater, film and other forms of entertainment. She and her team will also be responsible for culturally relevant content across ESPN […]