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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

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