Vice health care reporter Smothers departs for grad school
Hannah Smothers, a senior staff writer at Vice covering health and health care, is leaving to pursue an MFA in fiction at Texas State University. Smothers plans to freelance during her time at grad school. Previously, she has worked at Cosmopolitan Magazine, Fusion and Texas Monthly. She has also freelanced for Daily Dot and New […]
Rex joins Vice as associate social editor
Vice U.K. has hired Illustrator, journalist and social media specialist Hatti Rex as an associate social editor. Rex also works freelance, contributing to Vice, i-D, Dazed, Refinery 29, Wonderland, Man About Town, Rollacoaster, The Fall, Sister Zine and Femme Zine among others. She was also a social media editor at Polyester Zine Limited. She has […]
Vice hires Feiger as senior features editor
Leah Feiger has joined Vice as a senior features editor where she will be editing, commissioning, and writing. Feiger has also worked as a freelancer with her work being published in The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Lily for The Washington Post, The Forward, Fodor’s, OZY, Atlas Obscura, and Bitch Media, among others. She […]
Vice Media in talks to acquire Refinery29
Vice Media is currently in talks to purchase woman-focused publisher Refinery29 according to the Wall Street Journal. If the companies were to merge, it would be the unification of two of the largest venture-based companies in the United States. Vice has been struggling and recently laid off 10% of its global workforce earlier this year. The […]
Vice-owned Motherboard makes two new hires
Motherboard, a tech-focused publication owned by Canadian-based Vice Media, and has made two new hires. The online magazine and video channel focuses on the way human beings interact with technology as well as modern science news. The publication announced that it hired Janus Rose as a senior editor who will be focusing on algorithmic justice, […]
