Vox Announces New Hires and Promotions

Swati Sharma, editor-in-chief of Vox, introduced the promotions of Natalie Jennings to managing editor and Tanya Pai to the newly created position of director of newsroom requirements and ethics. Vox’s Future Perfect vertical additionally welcomes Marina Bolotnikova as a brand new workers editor.

“Tanya has long been a thoughtful voice in our newsroom whose guidance we all regularly seek out on questions related to ethics and standards. We’re thrilled about this new role for her,” stated Sharma. “Natalie has developed a eager eye for seeing issues earlier than they come up, doesn’t shrink back from tackling the powerful questions, and has already made her mark right here in lower than a 12 months. We look ahead to having her broaden her position to make sure our workers as an entire is finest positioned to assist our viewers perceive the vital information moments.

“Vox’s Future Perfect vertical continues to grow and tackle big questions about the best ways to make change. We’re thrilled to bring on Marina so she can lend her diverse expertise to support our team.”

Previously, Jennings served as Vox’s politics editor, the place she directed its bold midterms protection. She joined Vox earlier this 12 months from the Washington Post, the place she coated three presidential campaigns and three administrations throughout a number of platforms, together with as a deputy White House and Congress editor and editor of the Fix, the Post’s political evaluation weblog. In her new position, she’ll work alongside managing editor Nisha Chittal to supervise the editorial administrators and each day protection.

In addition to managing Vox’s type and requirements workforce, as director of newsroom requirements and ethics, Pai can be liable for the implementation and continued cultivation of Vox’s insurance policies and finest practices for ethics and requirements in our journalism. This contains fact-checking, copy enhancing, corrections, sourcing, disclosures, and extra, throughout textual content, audio, video, and off-platform. She will even proceed to function the editorial lead for Language Please, a residing useful resource for all journalists and storytellers searching for to thoughtfully cowl social, cultural, and identity-related matters. Pai has been with Vox since 2015.

In her new position as workers editor, Bolotnikova can be tasked with increasing freelance output, as nicely offering editorial assist for Future Perfect’s workers editors and writers. She has written broadly about concepts, tradition, and politics, with a particular deal with animal welfare and manufacturing facility farming. Her work has appeared in Vox, in addition to the Guardian, the Intercept, and the New York Times.