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.
Megan Greenwell | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | Barnard College |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, editor |
| Known for | Editor-in-chief of Deadspin and Wired.com |
Biography
editGreenwell 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][5][9] At Barnard, she was a fencer for the Columbia Lions fencing team and was the editor-in-chief of Columbia Daily Spectator.[8][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
editGreenwell is married to David Heller, an assistant professor of internal medicine and global health at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Megan Greenwell". Wired. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
- ^ "Megan Greenwell | Princeton Summer Journalism Program". psjp.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
- ^ Robertson, Katie; Tracy, Marc (2021-01-28). "Washington Post, Reuters and Los Angeles Times Search for New Top Editors". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
- ^ mmacdonald (2013-10-17). "Gail Greenwell named dean of Christ Church Cathedral in Cincinnati". Episcopal News Service. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
- ^ a b c "Megan Greenwell, David Heller". The New York Times. 2016-10-16. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
- ^ Yi, Matthew (2000-01-21). "Young Berkeley journalists broke landlord story early". SFGATE. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
- ^ Dinkelspiel, Frances (2009-12-08). "10 years later: How 2 Berkeley High reporters broke sex-ring scandal". Berkeleyside. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
- ^ a b "Megan Greenwell - Fencing". Columbia University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
- ^ "George Starke '71 Helps D.C. Youths Excel | Columbia College Today". www.college.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
- ^ Voice, Village (2005-04-19). "Columbia: The Awakening". The Village Voice. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
- ^ Sales, Rachel (2014-04-16). "Megan Greenwell: In Conversation With Correspondent Megan Greenwell". Pink Pangea: The Community Of Women Who Love To Travel. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
- ^ Bucholtz, Andrew (2018-02-06). "Megan Greenwell named new Deadspin editor-in-chief". Awful Announcing. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
- ^ Strauss, Ben (July 17, 2022). "Top editor Megan Greenwell leaving Deadspin". The Washington Post.
- ^ Browning, Kirsten. "The Cut hires first features editor". muckrack.com. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
- ^ Barr, Jeremy (2018-02-06). "Megan Greenwell Hired as Top Editor of Deadspin (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
- ^ Deadspin Staff (2019-08-23). "Megan Greenwell, Like The Oakland A's Every Year, Makes An Early Exit". Deadspin. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
- ^ "Wired.com editor Greenwell is departing". Talking Biz News. 2021-04-15. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
- ^ Kelly, Keith (April 15, 2021). "Two top Wired.com staffers resign, citing 'burnout' and 'exhaustion'". New York Post. Retrieved 2022-07-17.