Slate hires Tran as senior tech editor
Slate has hired Tony Ho Tran to be its senior technology editor. He previously was senior editor for innovation and tech at The Daily Beast. He has been covering technology including artificial intelligence, robotics, VR/AR, electric vehicles, and biotechnology. He was previously a staff writer for Futurism, and a contributing writer for The Chicago Defender. His work has been published in HuffPost, Narratively, Outside Magazine and […]
Slate hires Krzaczek as senior business editor
Slate has hired Katie Krzaczek as its senior business editor. She has been an assistant business editor for the Philadelphia Inquirer. She started at the Inquirer as a digital editor before moving to the business news desk in 2023. Before, she had been at Insider and Business Insider for two years as a business editor. Previously, she […]
Bloomer named editorial director at Slate
Jeffrey Bloomer has been named editorial director at Slate. Bloomer has been at the online magazine for 12 years in various roles, including producer, associate editor, senior editor and features editor. An internal memo states, “Jeff’s sensibility and sense of Slateiness has a huge impact across all of our work, and it’s time to adjust his […]
Slate seeks a business and tech editor
Slate is hiring a senior editor to oversee our business, technology, and/or science coverage. Expertise in all three sections (business, technology, science) is not a requirement, but a strong interest in at least one and a strong desire to contribute to building a section that covers all three in an interesting and distinctive way is […]
Slate’s biz and tech editor Fischer departing
Jonathan Fischer, the business and technology editor of Slate, is leaving after nine years. He was technology editor from May 2018 to August 2022 when he took on the business editing responsibilities as well. Previously, he was a senior editor. Fischer previously was arts editor and managing editor of the Washington City Paper and arts […]
Nover departing Quartz for Slate
Quartz tech reporter Scott Nover is leaving the website to cover media and technology for Slate. He has been at Quartz since May 2021. Previously, Nover was a platforms reporter at Adweek. He was also a freelance magazine writer at The Washington Post. He has also worked as an editorial fellow, AtlanticLIVE and a freelance reporter at The Atlantic. […]
Slate appoints Pérez as senior audience engagement editor
Slate has hired Narda Pérez as a senior audience engagement editor. Previously, she was an audience development strategist at Wirecutter. Pérez interned at and then joined the staff full time as an audience journalist at The Dallas Morning News. She was a web producer at the Austin American-Statesman. Pérez graduated from the University of Texas […]
WaPo hires Loofbourow as TV critic
The Washington Post has tapped Lili Loofbourow to serve as a TV critic. In her new role, she will lead the Post’s TV coverage, write reviews and produce trend pieces. Recently, Loofbourow was a staff writer at the Slate, where she worked for five years covering TV, politics, gender, comedy, fandoms and social media. She […]
Semafor hires Weissmann as its Washington editor
News site Semafor has hired Jordan Weissmann as its Washington editor. He has been a Slate as a senior editor, focusing on policy, politics, and economics. He also was a senior business and economics correspondent at Slate. Before that, he was an economics blogger and editor for The Atlantic. He has also reported for The National Law Journal. Weissmann has […]
Slate hires Murphy to write about technology
Slate has hired Heather Tal Murphy from the New York Times to write about how technology is shaping the world. She has been on the travel team at the Times as a reporter. Previously, she worked on the Express desk as a general assignment reporter. Murphy has also worked as a senior staff editor on the international […]
