Kennedy swaps NPR for Vox
Vox has tapped Miranda Kennedy to serve as executive producer of “Today Explained.” Recently, she served as editor of “Rough Translation,” a true crime episodic podcast at NPR. Kennedy worked at NPR for more than seven years, holding the posts of senior news editor, supervising producer and supervising senior editor of “Morning Edition.” Previously, she […]
Vox names Schrupp EIC for Thrillist
Lindsay Schrupp has joined Vox as editor in chief of Thrillist. Previously, she served as executive editor at MEL Magazine. In her new role, Schrupp will oversee the editorial organization and partner with Amana Kludt, group publisher of Eater, Popsugar, Punch, and Thrillist. They will work “on shifting Thrillist from a generalist lifestyle brand to […]
Jackson joins WaPo as overnight editor
The following was sent out from The Washington Post‘s curation desk editor Kenisha Malcolm, night home page editor Kimberly Walker and deputy curation desk editor Emily Tsao: We are pleased to announce that Kaylah Jackson is joining the Curation Desk as an overnight editor. In this key role for our 24-hour newsroom, Kaylah will […]
Vox promotes two, hires one
The following excerpt was sent out from Vox: Swati Sharma, editor-in-chief of Vox, announced the promotions of Natalie Jennings to managing editor and Tanya Pai to the newly created role of director of newsroom standards and ethics. Vox’s Future Perfect vertical also welcomes Marina Bolotnikova as a new staff editor. Previously, Jennings served as […]
Posner named head of video at Semafor
Semafor has hired Joe Posner as head of video. Posner joined from Vox, where he worked for more than eight years as an executive producer. At Vox, Posner launched Vox Video and amassed more than 2 billion views and 10 million YouTube subscribers. He and his team also built multiple TV shows, including the hit […]
Williams rejoins the NY Times as senior staff editor for Washington
Timothy Williams will join The New York Times as a senior staff editor to work with the weekend staff members on Saturdays and four nights during the week. Recently, Williams served as deputy style and standards editor at Vox. There, he oversaw a team of copy editors, conducted newsroom training and introduced standards for data […]
Miller named EIC of Self Magazine
Condé Nast has tapped Rachel Miller as editor-in-chief of Self. Recently, she held a senior editor post at Vox in New York City. Before that, she served as deputy editor, Life at Vice Media. Miller has also held editorial roles at BuzzFeed, where she has worked for over 4 years. She has also worked at […]
Vox appoints Volpe, Ramirez to new posts
Vox has appointed Allie Volpe as a senior reporter, focused on service journalism and Izzie Ramirez as deputy editor of Future Perfect. Volpe has contributed several stories for Vox. Her bylines have also appeared in the New York Times, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, Washington Post, BBC, Vice, GQ, Medium, Thrillist, Eater and more. She has […]
Vox promotes Grady and Illing to senior correspondents, Romano to staff writer
Vox has tapped Constance Grady and Sean Illing as senior correspondents and Aja Romano as staff writer. Grady joined Vox as a fellow in 2016, coming on board as a full-time staffer in 2017. She previously managed Vox book review coverage and served as an editorial assistant at NYU Press. A former intern at Bloomsbury […]
NY Times adds three producers to ‘The Daily’
The following excerpt was sent out by The New York Times senior editor for audio Anita Badejo and Lisa Chow, editor of “The Daily” : Carlos Prieto joins as a producer. Carlos began his career in audio at a radio news station in Washington, D.C. He then joined POLITICO as the launching producer of a […]
