Dodai Stewart

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Early life

Stewart moved to New York when she was seven years old. [3]

Career

Stewart went to New York University, Tisch School Of The Arts, for screenwriting. One of her early jobs was at J-14, a teen magazine. Stewart joined Fusion as director of culture coverage in 2014, [4] part of a "big-name hiring spree" [5] of "hot-shot journalists on which Fusion is pinning its hopes," including Alexis Madrigal previously of The Atlantic , Felix Salmon from Reuters, and Anna Holmes, previously Stewart's editor at Gawker Media site Jezebel. [6] Fusion's website later became Splinter.

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Before departing for Fusion, Stewart was deputy editor at Jezebel; she had joined the site shortly after Anna Holmes launched it in July 2007. [7] Madame Noire describes Stewart's work at Jezebel as "one of those much-needed strong female voices in media. Moreover, she’s been an advocate for diversity in fashion, diversity of thought and diversity in beauty. She checks the tabloids for their body shaming ways. And then gives us pictures of pretty dresses (and calls out the ugly ones)." [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Spangler, Todd (2016-10-10). "Univision's Fusion Names Ex-Jezebel Staffer Dodai Stewart Editor-in-Chief". Variety. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
  2. ↑ O'Shea, Chris (March 21, 2016). "Dodai Stewart Named Executive Editor of Fusion". FishbowlNY. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  3. ↑ Stewart, Dodai (July 26, 2012). "The Time I Shot Andy Warhol". Opinionator. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. ↑ Zara, Christopher (3 October 2014). "Exodus Continues At Gawker Media's Jezebel". International Business Times. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  5. ↑ Roy, Jessica (February 3, 2015). "Jane Spencer on Fusion's Relaunch, Building a Diverse News Operation, and What It's Like to Be Post-Post Text". Daily Intelligencer. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  6. ↑ Abbruzzese, Jason (February 2, 2015). "Fusion and its high-profile staff are looking to set off a reaction". Mashable. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  7. ↑ Sterne, Peter (October 3, 2014). "Dodai Stewart leaves Jezebel for Fusion". POLITICO Media. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
  8. ↑ Carter, Raven (8 October 2014). "MN Bosses: "Media," Dodai Stewart, Fusion". MadameNoire. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
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