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editor in chief
Mark Lotto
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Ev Williams
Curious human, chairman @ Medium, partner @ Obvious Ventures
Writers
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Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
writer/editor @newinquiry @ajam @dissentmag & beyond. restless. atossa.abrahamian@aljazeera.net
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Naomi
unorthodox jew. feminist. novelist. game writer/designer. if you ask to follow & seem OK I will prob say yes, but I block if you're mean. xxx
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Dimitri Tokmetzis
Datanerd @ De Correspondent PGP: AFB8 BEF2 2349 41FE 7299 CCB1 2D7E 0852 4D00 98C0
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Leigh Cowart
Eager beaver covering sex, science, and sports. Your Dad’s favorite. [leigh.cowart at gmail]
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Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Contributing writer for GQ and the New York Times Magazine. Making fun of my name demeans us both
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John Herrman
Co-editor, The @Awl
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Casey Johnston
Studied Physics, Supposedly.
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Ijeoma Oluo
Come for the feminist rants..stay for the selfies and kid quotes. Inclusive feminism here.
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Steven Johnson
Writer. 13 books. (Latest: Extra Life.) TV/Podcast Host (Extra Life, American Innovations.) Brooklyn/Marin. Speech inquiries: wesn at leighbureau dot com.
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Alana Massey
I’m sorry I wrote my feelings all over your internet.
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Steven Levy
Writing for Wired, Used to edit Backchannel here. Just wrote Facebook: The Inside Story.
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Charlotte Shane
I’m right on top of that, Rose.
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Durga Chew-Bose
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Chaédria LaBouvier
So. The Haiti-ians need to come to America.
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ChernoBiko
Human Rights Advocate and Media Artivist
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Heather Havrilesky
@NYMag columnist & author of How to Be a Person in the World (Doubleday, 2016)
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Amos Mac
Artist who works in TV, Photography, Publishing // Co-founder of Original Plumbing magazine @OPMag
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Kalee Thompson
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Eric Reidy
Author of #GhostBoat with great team on @ReadMatter. Follow the investigation: http://me.dm/ghostboat . Based in Beirut.
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Zak Stone
writer in NYC
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Rachel Syme
Writer/adventuress/reporter about town.
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MichaelHainey
Michael Hainey is the author of the New York Times best-seller, “After Visiting Friends: A Son’s Story” You can learn more at www.aftervisitingfriends.com
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Hanin Ghaddar
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Justin Vogt
Justin Vogt is a deputy managing editor at Foreign Affairs magazine.
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Ankur Thakkar
For the culture
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Tracy Ma
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Ashley C. Ford
Writer. Editor. Host. AshleyCFord.Com
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Hillary Frey
Editor in Chief, Slate. Former: Newmark J School at CUNY; HuffPost; NBC News; NY Observer + more.
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Katherine Lehr
Partner, Old Town Media