Julia Turner (born)[1] is an American journalist and critic. She is Deputy Managing Editor of the Los Angeles Times from 2018 and a co-host of the Slate Culture Gabfest podcast. She was previously the editor-in-chief of online magazine Slate from 2014 to 2018.
Turner grew up in Boston, the daughter of two Boston Globe journalists. She attended Brown University.[1] She joined online magazine Slate as an editorial assistant in 2003.[2] She was deputy editor of Slate from 2008 to 2014, when she succeeded David Plotz as editor-in-chief.[3] Turner stepped down as editor-in-chief in October 2018,[4] to join the Los Angeles Times as a Deputy Managing Editor overseeing arts and entertainment.[5] She was previously one of a panel of three hosts on Slate and WNYC's Gabfest Radio podcast,[6] and is one of a panel of three hosts of Slate's Culture Gabfest podcast.[7]
Turner is married to HBO producer Ben Wasserstein. They live in Los Angeles.