Barclay to lead climate coverage for NY Times Opinion
The New York Times has hired Eliza Barclay to lead climate coverage for Times Opinion. She has recently been working as a senior editor for science, health and climate at Vox.com. Before that, she was a reporter/editor, food, health and science at NPR. She has also contributed to The Washington Post, The New York Times, The […]
The Atlantic hires Demsas as staff writer
Jerusalem Demsas will join The Atlantic’s editorial staff as a staff writer, covering housing and economy. She begins next month. Currently, she is at Vox, where she has written on America’s housing crisis and co-hosts The Weeds podcast. Prior to Vox, she worked in political communications and on climate-change-policy research. “Jerusalem is a force. She […]
Zhou joins Vox as senior data editor
Youyou Zhou has joined Vox.com as a senior data editor. She recently was at Quartz, where she was a visual journalist on the Things team. She has previously worked at the Associated Press, where she was an interactive news producer. She was also a designer at a Washington, D.C. data visualization studio. She is also […]
Vox taps Jennings as senior politics editor
Vox has hired Natalie Jennings as a senior politics editor. She recently has been working as deputy Washington editor at The Washington Post. Jennings has been with the Post since 2010, holding various roles, including online community manager, manager for social media and engagement and politics, mobile producer, web producer for PostTV, audience engagement editor […]
Oltman named Recode senior editor, Stewart named Vox senior correspondent
Vox has promoted Samantha Oltman to the post of senior editor of Recode, and Emily Stewart to senior correspondent. Vox is the owner of Recode. Oltman will expand on the work she has done since joining Vox in 2019 to lead the relaunch of Recode on Vox.com. She also helped lead and executive produced Recode’s narrative […]
Vox hires Gavin as executive director of learning and development
Vox has hired Phoebe Gavin as executive director of learning and development. Gavin left her position as editorial director of growth at financial news site Quartz earlier this year to focus full-time on her coaching business. She is the author of the book “The Workplace Guide to Time Management: Best Practices to Maximize Productivity.” Gavin joined Quartz in May 2018 as […]
D.C. news startup hires Morello as science editor
The new startup publication launched by Laura McGann, former politics editor of Vox.com and Politico, and Mark Bauman, previously with the National Geographic and ABC News, has tapped Lauren Morello as a science editor, overseeing the science, health, tech, and climate coverage. She joins from Politico, where she was recently a deputy health care editor. […]
Vox hires King as co-host and editorial director for ¨Today, Explained¨
Broadcast journalist Noel King is joining Today, Explained, Vox’s flagship daily news podcast as co-host and editorial director. King will also help set the show’s direction on a new chapter of growth, developing special series, reporting ambitious stories, and more. Recently, King was at NPR, where she was co-host of Morning Edition and Up First. […]
NY Times taps Lopez as reporter/writer for “The Morning” team
The New York Times has hired German Lopez as a reporter and writer on The Morning team. Currently, he is a senior correspondent at Vox, where he is co-host of “The Weeds” podcast and the writer of a newsletter focused on policy. Lopez has covered several beats, including the opioid epidemic, crime, gun control, taxes, […]
Vox appoints Guyer senior foreign policy writer
Vox has tapped Jonathan Guyer as a senior foreign policy writer, covering the issues and controversies shaping US foreign policy, and how these policy choices have a global effect. He begins Dec. 13. Guyer joins from The American Prospect, where he was managing editor. His bylines have also appeared in the Atlantic, Foreign Policy, the […]
