OLD Media News

Washington Post appoints Patel as deputy weather editor

Kasha Patel

Kasha Patel is joining The Washington Post as the Capital Weather Gang’s deputy weather editor.

She starts July 19.

Patel joins from NASA, where she was a digital storyteller for its Earth Observatory program. She was also a podcast host at Undark Magazine and a science writer at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

Patel was also a science writer/media relation at Aurorasaurus, a citizen science project tracking auroras across the world via Twitter and the project’s website and free mobile apps.

She was also editor-in-chief, Science section, at the Boston University News Service. She was also an international reporter with the Boston University Program for Crisis Response and Reporting.

A graduate of Wake Forest University, Patel has a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and a master’s degree in science journalism from Boston 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…

5 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…

5 hours ago

Jittery CNBC staff reassured by new boss

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

5 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…

5 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…

6 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…

6 hours ago