McMurry to join The Atlantic as senior editor
The Atlantic has hired Evan McMurry as a senior editor to lead audience strategy and oversee the magazine’s audience team. He begins later this month. As per The Atlantic: “McMurry will guide The Atlantic’s audience and social strategy under the leadership of managing editor Bhumika Tharoor, working to bring The Atlantic’s journalism to the largest possible audience […]
Rosenberg joins The Atlantic as staff writer
Yair Rosenberg, a contributing writer at The Atlantic, has joined full-time as a staff writer. Author of the Deep Shtetl newsletter, he is best known for his coverage about the intersection of politics, culture and religion. In his new role, Rosenberg will continue to write the Deep Shtetl newsletter. Previously, he was a senior writer at […]
The Atlantic makes two new hires
The following excerpt was sent out from The Atlantic: Xochitl Gonzalez is joining The Atlantic’s editorial team as a staff writer, having contributed to the magazine this past year through her subscriber newsletter, Brooklyn, Everywhere. In her newsletter, which she’ll continue as a staff writer, Xochitl reflects on the many meanings of gentrification and what we stand […]
Atlantic staff writer Meyer departs
Robinson Meyer, a staff writer covering energy, the coronavirus, and occasionally technology at The Atlantic has left. Meyer’s tweet reads: “After nine and a half wonderful years, I’m leaving to work on a new project that I’m thrilled about and that I’ll be able to say more about soon.” He joined The Atlantic in 2013 […]
The Atlantic hires Tayag as staff writer
Yasmin Tayag has joined The Atlantic as a staff writer. Tayag will continue to cover the pandemic but will also report on the future of food, and its intersection with science and culture. She began Nov. 8. Tayag worked at Medium as lead editor, Medium Coronavirus Blog; founding editor of Future Human, a publication about […]
Atlantic staff science writer takes sabbatical
Ed Yong, staff science writer at The Atlantic has taken a sabbatical. Yong tweets: “I’m taking a 6-month sabbatical, starting now. These past 3 years have been the most professionally meaningful of my life, but they’ve also deeply broken me. The pandemic isn’t over, but after a long time spent staring into the sun, I […]
Pinsker joins the WSJ’s personal finance team
The Wall Street Journal has tapped Joe Pinsker to serve on its personal finance team, where he will launch a new beat covering the pursuit of happiness, digging into the changing meaning of the good life, the obstacles and avenues to wealth and prosperity in America. Pinsker was a staff writer at The Atlantic, which […]
Rao joins Semafor as a senior editor in London
Semafor has appointed Prashant Rao as a senior editor in London, where he will lead Semafor’s daily global publication Flagship, and will also oversee a range of other projects. Rao was an international editor at The Atlantic and deputy Europe business editor at The New York Times. He served as U.K. reporter, Baghdad correspondent, Baghdad […]
Orr to join the NY Times Opinion in new role
Christopher Orr will join The New York Times Opinion in a new role as its signature voices editor. Orr begins in September. A part of the announcement reads: “As signature voices editor, Chris will be foremost a sounding board and ideas partner with the columnists, newsletter writers and their editors and editorial assistants. As he […]
The Atlantic hires Beres as senior editor for tech coverage
The Atlantic has hired Damon Beres to be a senior editor focused on technology coverage. Beres has been 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, […]
