The New Republic Announces New Roster of Writers | People on the Move

Fresh off a print and digital redesign, The New Republic formally announced a handful of new editors and writers who have joined the team in recent months. Now on the staff as deputy editors are Katie McDonough, the former senior editor at Jezebel who joined the magazine in December, and Jason Linkins, a former senior editor at ThinkProgress and founding member of HuffPost's D.C. bureau. Additionally, The New Republic says it's added five new staff writers in recent months: Osita Nwanevu joins from The New Yorker, where he was a staff writer. Libby Watson, specializing in healthcare and politics, joins from Splinter, which folded in late 2019. Kate Aronoff, an author and contributor to The Intercept, will cover climate. Melissa Gira Grant, also an author, joins from The Appeal, where she was a senior staff reporter covering criminal justice. And Nick Martin, a former staff writer at Splinter and Deadspin, as well as the founder and editor of the newsletter The Informant, will write on and indigenous issues and Southern politics and culture. “We’ve started to stack our team with the best in their fields,” said Chris Lehmann, editor of The New Republic. “Our goal, as ever, is to bring challenging, brilliant voices to the forefront of political conversation.  In addition to our new staff writers and editors, our freshly launched podcast puts The New Republic’s voices audibly into the conversation every week so we’re in print, online, and on the airwaves.” Here are the... Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'

[ Folio Magazine | 2020-03-26 18:39:34 UTC ]

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