The Atlantic is asserting a number of journalists becoming a member of this spring as part of our continued newsroom progress: Sophia Nguyen and Kevin Sieff as workers writers; together with Theo Balcomb and Jonathan L. Fischer as senior editors.
Sophia joins us from The Washington Publishthe place she coated information and wrote options for the Books part. Kevin additionally comes from the Publishthe place he spent 15 years abroad in postings that included Kabul, Nairobi, Mexico Metropolis, and, most not too long ago, Barcelona. Theo is a senior editor throughout The Atlantic’s podcasts, and has had an extended profession in audio journalism, beginning at NPR and later co-creating The Each day at The New York Instances. And Jonathan, additionally not too long ago of the Publishwill work throughout tradition extra broadly, together with the enterprise of leisure and media.
Under are the bulletins about our new workers:
We’re delighted to welcome Theo Balcomb again to The Atlanticnow as a senior editor. Theo is an audio-journalism veteran, having began her profession at NPR as a fellow and rising to supervising producer of All Issues Thought of. She later co-created The Each day at The New York Instances. Since then, Theo has edited the Peabody Award–profitable investigative collection The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishopthe Pulitzer finalist Damaged Doorwaysand the duPont Award–nominated collection Area Journeyall from The Washington Publish. She’s additionally labored on the much-loved (and super-cool) Tune Exploder podcast. She helped develop the relaunch of Radio Atlantic in 2022, and we’re excited to have her again. Theo will edit throughout exhibits.
Jonathan L. Fischer is becoming a member of us as a senior editor. Jonathan is a inventive, considerate, and skilled editor who will give attention to steering our reporting in regards to the Kennedy Heart, the Smithsonian Establishment, and the Trump administration’s broader efforts to remake tradition. It is a essential line of protection for us, and we couldn’t be extra excited to have Jon on this function. Most not too long ago, he was main the same line of protection at The Washington Publishthe place he guided his reporters to scoop after scoop. Jon will even edit tales about tradition extra broadly, and The Atlantic will profit from his array of pursuits, together with however not restricted to the enterprise of leisure and media.
Sophia Nguyen is approaching board as a workers author, specializing in tradition and the world of books. Sophia is a flexible and inventive journalist who has reported a variety of fascinating tales—together with about breakout successes in self-publishing, traits in guide design, and self-help’s evolution into a life-style. Sophia’s spectacular doggedness is matched solely by the class of her writing and the originality of her concepts, and we will’t look forward to Atlantic readers (and all of you) to get to know her. She involves us from The Washington Publishthe place she has served as each a author and an editor.
Kevin Sieff can be becoming a member of us as a workers author. Kevin is an intrepid reporter and trendy author who has used his investigative powers to interrupt many main worldwide tales. He uncovered the hyperlinks between drug trafficking and soccer in Latin America, revealed the largest match-fixing ring in professional-tennis historical past, and uncovered a human-smuggling ring led by tweens. (In the event you thought the seamy underside of aggressive pigeon-racing would escape his discover, nicely, suppose once more.) Kevin additionally involves us from The Washington Publishthe place he spent 15 years abroad, together with stints in Kabul, Nairobi, Mexico Metropolis, and, most not too long ago, Barcelona. Kevin shall be relocating again to the U.S., however his passport will proceed to get a exercise. We count on him to coach his gaze south of the border, with a give attention to Latin America. It’s an space he is aware of nicely; final yr his story on a Mexican police unit that apprehends American fugitives was tailored as a Netflix collection, The Gringo Hunters. Kevin has gained two Abroad Press Membership awards and has been a finalist for each the Pulitzer and the Livingston.
Current editorial hires at The Atlanticc embody workers writers Henry Grabar, Luis Parrales, Judith Shulevitz, Sarah A. Topol, and Genisha Watts; and senior editors Paul Beckett, Emily Bobrow, Adam Kirsch, Michael Leibel, and Chris Suellentrop.
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