IndieWire promotes three staff members

The following excerpt announcement was sent out by IndieWire:

As IndieWire celebrates its 25th anniversary, the site has promoted three key staff members. In addition to serving as Executive Editor, Eric Kohn will take on the newly created role of Vice President, Editorial Strategy. Kate Erbland has been promoted to Executive Editor, Film and David Ehrlich has been promoted to Chief Film Critic.

As VP Editorial Strategy, Kohn will focus on expansion opportunities for IndieWire including education, original content, and events. He will work with Editor at Large Anne Thompson on IndieWire’s Awards Season Spotlight video series and continue to host the pair’s weekly Screen Talk podcast. He will also oversee IndieWire’s film festival strategies while contributing features, essays, and analysis to the site. He continues to report to Editor in Chief Dana Harris-Bridson.

Erbland will lead IndieWire’s daily film coverage and its staff, as well as develop big-picture strategy for the film vertical. Ehrlich will oversee strategy and assignments for all of IndieWire’s film reviews, including weekly releases, festivals, and analysis. Erbland reports to Harris-Bridson, while Ehrlich reports to Erbland.

Erbland joined IndieWire as Managing Editor in 2015. Since then, she has served as Film Editor and Deputy Editor, Film while playing a critical role in expanding coverage of issues relating to women in film as well as the ever-changing blockbuster landscape.

Ehrlich joined IndieWire in 2016.

Kohn has worked at IndieWire for 15 years, first as a freelancer before he became the site’s first staff critic. He developed the publication’s review strategy, contributed to elevating the brand’s visibility in the entertainment landscape, and is a co-founder of the Critics Academy and Roger Ebert Memorial Scholarship initiatives, which trains aspiring entertainment journalists from diverse backgrounds. He continues to teach film criticism and journalism at NYU.