OLD Media News

The Atlantic taps Valdez as managing editor

Andrea Valdez

The Atlantic has promoted Andrea Valdez to the post of managing editor, focusing on new and expanding areas of coverage in the newsroom, and in developing and driving forward journalistic ideas. She was previously SVP, audience strategy.

She also served as editor-in-chief of the independent nonprofit newsroom The19.  She was also editor-in-chief at The Texas Observer and editor of Wired.com. She also served as an editorial assistant, assistant editor and deputy web editor at Texas Monthly. She also edited for the website.

Valdez has a B.A. in English from the University of Texas at Austin and a M.S. in journalism from Northwestern University.

Mariam Ahmed

Recent Posts

Dynamo hires former Business Insider executive editor Harrington

Former Business Insider executive editor Rebecca Harrington has been hired by Dynamo to be its…

6 hours ago

Bloomberg TV hires Kerubo as desk producer

Bloomberg Television has hired Brenda Kerubo as a desk producer in London. She will be covering Europe's…

6 hours ago

Jittery CNBC staff reassured by new boss

In a meeting at CNBC headquarters Thursday afternoon, incoming boss Mark Lazarus presented a bullish…

7 hours ago

Making business news accessible to a wider audience

Ritika Gupta, the BBC's North American business correspondent, was interviewed by Global Woman magazine about…

7 hours ago

Rest of World hires Lo as China reporter

Rest of World has hired Kinling Lo as a China reporter. Lo was previously a…

7 hours ago

Bloomberg rises to No. 7 biz news website

Bloomberg News saw strong unique visitor growth to its website in October, passing Fox Business…

7 hours ago