Megan Greenwell Explained

Megan Greenwell
Alma Mater:Barnard College
Occupation:Journalist, editor
Known For:Editor-in-chief of Deadspin and Wired.com

Megan Greenwell is an American editor and journalist. She was the first female editor-in-chief of Deadspin and editor of Wired.com.[1] [2] [3] She has written for publications such as ESPN The Magazine, GQ, Esquire, and New York Magazine.

Biography

Greenwell grew up in Berkeley, California. Her mother is an Episcopal priest who currently serves as the Dean of Christ Church Cathedral in Cincinnati.[4] [5]

She attended Berkeley High School, where she was a reporter for the school newspaper, Berkeley High Jacket, and uncovered an indentured servitude and sex ring operated by Berkeley's largest landlord, Lakireddy Bali Reddy,[6] [7] before receiving her B.A. from Barnard College in 2006.[8] [9] At Barnard, she was a fencer for the Columbia Lions fencing team and was the editor-in-chief of Columbia Daily Spectator.[10]

Greenwell began as an intern, and soon covered the Iraq war from Baghdad for The Washington Post shortly after college.[11] She later covered education and philanthropy and was part was part of The Washington Post team that won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for breaking the Virginia Tech shooting.[12] Greenwell was later the managing editor of GOOD Magazine, the inaugural features editor at New York magazine's lifestyle website The Cut and senior editor of ESPN The Magazine.[13] [14]

Greenwell was the executive features editor for Esquire.com and was hired as the fifth and first female editor-in-chief of Deadspin in 2018.[15] [16] She later became the editor-in-chief of Wired.com in 2019.[17] She left her post in 2021, citing "burnout."[18]

Personal life

Greenwell is married to David Heller, an assistant professor of internal medicine and global health at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

References

  1. Megan Greenwell . 2022-07-17 . Wired . en-US.
  2. Web site: Megan Greenwell Princeton Summer Journalism Program . 2022-07-17 . psjp.princeton.edu.
  3. News: Robertson . Katie . Tracy . Marc . 2021-01-28 . Washington Post, Reuters and Los Angeles Times Search for New Top Editors . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-07-17 . 0362-4331.
  4. Web site: mmacdonald . 2013-10-17 . Gail Greenwell named dean of Christ Church Cathedral in Cincinnati . 2022-07-17 . Episcopal News Service . en-US.
  5. News: 2016-10-16 . Megan Greenwell, David Heller . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-07-17 . 0362-4331.
  6. Web site: Yi . Matthew . 2000-01-21 . Young Berkeley journalists broke landlord story early . 2022-07-17 . SFGATE . en-US.
  7. Web site: Dinkelspiel . Frances . Frances Dinkelspiel . 2009-12-08 . 10 years later: How 2 Berkeley High reporters broke sex-ring scandal . 2022-07-17 . Berkeleyside . en-US.
  8. Web site: Megan Greenwell - Fencing . 2022-07-17 . Columbia University Athletics . en.
  9. Web site: George Starke '71 Helps D.C. Youths Excel Columbia College Today . 2022-07-17 . www.college.columbia.edu.
  10. Web site: Voice . Village . 2005-04-19 . Columbia: The Awakening . 2022-07-17 . The Village Voice.
  11. Web site: Sales . Rachel . 2014-04-16 . Megan Greenwell: In Conversation With Correspondent Megan Greenwell . 2022-07-17 . Pink Pangea: The Community Of Women Who Love To Travel . en-US.
  12. Web site: Bucholtz . Andrew . 2018-02-06 . Megan Greenwell named new Deadspin editor-in-chief . 2022-07-17 . Awful Announcing . en-US.
  13. News: Strauss . Ben . July 17, 2022 . Top editor Megan Greenwell leaving Deadspin . The Washington Post.
  14. Web site: Browning . Kirsten . The Cut hires first features editor . 2022-07-17 . muckrack.com . en.
  15. Web site: Barr . Jeremy . 2018-02-06 . Megan Greenwell Hired as Top Editor of Deadspin (Exclusive) . 2022-07-17 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.
  16. Web site: Deadspin Staff. 2019-08-23 . Megan Greenwell, Like The Oakland A's Every Year, Makes An Early Exit . 2022-07-17 . Deadspin . en-us.
  17. Web site: 2021-04-15 . Wired.com editor Greenwell is departing . 2022-07-17 . Talking Biz News . en-US.
  18. Web site: Kelly . Keith . April 15, 2021 . Two top Wired.com staffers resign, citing 'burnout' and 'exhaustion' . 2022-07-17 . New York Post . en-US.

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