Rest of World seeks a Middle East and Africa editor
Rest of World is hiring an editor to oversee its Africa and Middle East coverage, commissioning and publishing stories across formats regularly from the two regions. This position will manage two in-house reporters and freelance contributors, develop ideas to build our coverage of the two regions, and assign and edit a broad mix of stories based […]
Rest of World hires Lo as China reporter
Rest of World has hired Kinling Lo as a China reporter. Lo was previously a correspondent covering diplomacy, macroeconomy, and tech policies for the South China Morning Post from Beijing. Lo has spent most of her time in Hong Kong, where she was born and raised. She also worked in Washington D.C. in 2022 to focus […]
Rest of World promotes Chandran to deputy editor
Rest of World editor in chief Anup Kaphle sent out the following on Monday: We are excited to share that Rina Chandran, a stellar newsroom leader and veteran journalist, is named a deputy editor at Rest of World. She will start her new role on Jan. 1, 2025. Rina has distinguished herself since joining Rest of World […]
Giglio named features editor at Rest of World
Mike Giglio has been named features editor at Rest of World. He has reported from countries around the world and embedded extensively with local forces to cover the conflicts in Syria, Iraq, and Ukraine. His investigative work led to the dismantling of an ISIS oil smuggling network, aided the prosecution of traffickers in conflict antiquities, and […]
Rest of World names Labor x Tech editor
Gayathri Vaidyanathan has started as Rest of World’s labor x tech editor. The Labor x Tech reporting initiative explores how tech is transforming work — and the lives of workers in the process. Vaidyanathan’s work has appeared in Nature, Discover Magazine, and The Washington Post, among other publications. Vaidyanathan, who has reported from countries including India, Liberia, […]
Rest of World tech editor Brandom departs
Russell Brandom, the U.S. tech editor for Rest of World, has left the news organization. He has been writing a weekly newsletter about the global impact of U.S. technology companies. Prior to joining Rest of World, Brandom worked at The Verge for 10 years as a senior reporter and then as a policy editor. He interned at BuzzFeed. […]
Rest of World seeks a Middle East reporter
Rest of World is looking for an enterprising reporter to cover the Middle East and become the publication’s authority in its coverage of a region that is undergoing an economic transformation and shaping business and geopolitical decisions globally. This reporter will be in charge of ideating, reporting, and writing about the business of technology and the […]
Rest of World seeks a deputy editor
Rest of World is looking for an enterprising Deputy Editor to oversee the day-to-day editorial direction of our coverage and management of our editorial team, including our freelance reporting network. This editor, who will work alongside another deputy editor, will be responsible for supervising our assignment editors, reporters and regular contributors, and producing rigorous, ambitious and […]
Rest of World seeks an investigations editor
In 2025, Rest of World will bolster our journalism with the introduction of our first-ever Investigations Editor. This role will be in charge of working with in-house reporters and editors as well as with freelance contributors to identify stories that align with our coverage areas and merit dedicated, long-term editorial focus. In addition to conceiving, executing, and publishing […]
Rest of World hires Glancey as executive editor
Rest of World has hired Christine Glancey as executive editor. The new role, which sits alongside our existing executive editor Michael Zelenko, will be responsible for managing and overseeing our daily coverage from around the world. Glancey will start on Sept. 16. Most recently, she served as a deputy editor for standards at the Wall […]
