Fusion names new editor as Madrigal returns to tech reporting

Dodai Stewart

Dodai Stewart has been named the new editor in chief at Fusion as Alexis Madrigal is returning to writing about technology, reports Todd Spangler of Variety.

Spangler writes, “Stewart joined Fusion in October 2014, after spending seven years at Gawker Media’s Jezebel.com. In announcing the management change, Fusion president and chief content officer Daniel Eilemberg said that she’ll help to integrate the former Gawker Media sites, which Univision bought in a bankruptcy auction for $135 million.

“‘As our Executive Editor, Dodai has been central to defining our editorial mission, and the driving force of our voice across units and verticals,’ Eilemberg wrote in a memo to staffers Monday. ‘She comes to the role with a wealth of knowledge and understanding about Fusion, our staff and mission, as well as deeper relations with our cousins at the Gizmodo Media Group.’

“Madrigal, in a note to Fusion staff, said that as editor-at-large he will ‘get back to writing a ton more, focusing on technology, housing, and trade.’ He said Stewart will be able to provide more direct management for employees in New York and Miami, and added, ‘I’ve got two kids under three and I live 3,000 miles from most of the edit team.’

“In addition to writing, Madrigal will continue to executive produce his ‘Real Future’ show for the Fusion TV network and will oversee the Real Future Fair event in the San Francisco Bay Area.”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.