Lauren Williams (journalist)
Lauren Williams is an American journalist. She joined The Root as an associate editor in 2010.[1] She was promoted to deputy editor in December 2011 and worked in that role for 2.5 years.[1] She later worked as a story editor at Mother Jones before she was hired at Vox.[1] Williams joined Vox as managing editor in 2014 two months after it launched.[2] She was named executive editor in 2017 and nine months later she was promoted to editor-in-chief,[3] taking over for Ezra Klein, and also held the duties of senior vice president.[4][5] During her tenure she oversaw Vox.com's business operations and editorial departments, the YouTube channel, a slate of podcasts, and its television programming.[2]
She departed the organization in February 2021 to launch the forthcoming Black-oriented nonprofit news platform Capital B with Akoto Ofori-Atta.[2][6] Williams is the organization's CEO and Ofori-Atta is the executive editor.[7] The two met in 2010 while working at The Root.[7][8]
Williams is married.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d Dunn, Laura Emily (2017-03-31). "Women in Business Q&A: Lauren Williams, Executive Editor, Vox.com". HuffPost. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c Spangler, Todd (2020-11-20). "Vox Co-Founder Ezra Klein Exiting for NY Times, Top Editor Lauren Williams Leaving to Launch Nonprofit". Variety. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Vox Promotes Lauren Williams to Executive Editor, Makes Additional Staffing Moves". Retrieved 2021-02-18.
- ^ Stelter, Brian (2017-09-26). "Lauren Williams named editor in chief of Vox; Ezra Klein to be editor at large". CNNMoney. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
- ^ Tracy, Marc (2021-02-16). "Vox Finds Its Next Top Editor at The Atlantic". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
- ^ Fischer, Sara (2020-11-20). "Ezra Klein and Lauren Williams are leaving Vox". Axios. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Higuera, Silvia (2021-04-29). "With a national newsroom and several local bureaus, Capital B wants to get closer to Black communities and regain their trust in media – International Symposium on Online Journalism". Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Schneider, Gabe. "Q&A: Capital B". www.objectivejournalism.org. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
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