Lauren Williams (journalist)

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Lauren Williams is an American journalist. She previously worked as an editor at The Root and Mother Jones and joined Vox in 2014. Williams left the organization in the role of editor-in-chief in 2021. She is the co-founder of the nonprofit news organization Capital B.

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Career

Williams 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 Vox in February 2021 to launch the Black-oriented news platform Capital B with Akoto Ofori-Atta, whom she met in 2010 while working at The Root. [6] [7] Williams described the platform as "a first-of-its kind, local-national hybrid nonprofit news organization for Black Americans". [8] [2] [9] She is the organization's CEO and Ofori-Atta is the executive editor. [6] Capital B launched in January 2022 with approximately $9.4 million in funding. [10] It has a website covering national news and local news bureau based in Atlanta. [11] [10]

Personal life

Williams is married. [1]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 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.
  3. ↑ "Vox Promotes Lauren Williams to Executive Editor, Makes Additional Staffing Moves". 3 January 2017. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. 1 2 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.
  7. ↑ Schneider, Gabe. "Q&A: Capital B". www.objectivejournalism.org. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  8. ↑ ""Black America is vast in its diversity," and Capital B will be "singularly focused" on Black communities". Nieman Lab. 2021-03-31. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
  9. ↑ Fischer, Sara (2020-11-20). "Ezra Klein and Lauren Williams are leaving Vox". Axios. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
  10. 1 2 Patel, Nilay (2022-02-08). "CEO Lauren Williams explains why we need news for and by Black people". The Verge. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
  11. ↑ "Breaking News Barriers: 3 Leaders of Color Dissect the Whitewashed Journalism Industry". Bitch Media. Retrieved 2022-04-12.


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