Monica Drake (journalist)

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Monica Drake
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Years active1998–present
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Monica Drake is a journalist and deputy managing editor [1] [2] at The New York Times . Drake is the first African-American woman to serve on the newsroom's print masthead. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Biography

Drake was born to internist Kathleen Glover and attorney Macarthur Drake. [4] Drake is from Yellow Springs, Ohio and attended Yellow Springs High School. [3] [4] Drake attended Yale University and then the School of Journalism at Columbia University. [3] She joined The New York Times as an intern in 1998, and became a copy editor in 2001. Drake worked at the Culture Desk, then became the senior Travel editor before becoming a deputy managing editor, making her the first African-American woman to serve on the print masthead. [3] [6] In her new position, Drake posted a listing for a "dream" traveling job that got national attention and received over 13,000 applications. [7] As an assistant managing editor(2017-23), she founded a new column called "Surfacing" which focuses on subcultures around the world and appears both online and in print. [3]

Drake married journalist Greg Winter in 2006. [4]

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References

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  2. announcement of promotion 2023
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