The journalists Michael Powell and Zoë Schlanger will be a part of The Atlantic as workers writers, editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg introduced as we speak. Michael has been a reporter at The New York Occasions since 2007, and can start with The Atlantic subsequent month. Zoë will begin this fall, overlaying problems with local weather and writing the publication The Weekly Planet, which tells the story of life on a altering planet.
In a observe to workers, Jeff wrote: “Michael and Zoë are sensible additions to our rising roster of workers writers. Michael is without doubt one of the preeminent reporters working as we speak, and Zoë is a younger journalist of remarkable promise. I’m dedicated to offering our readers with the very best journalism from the very best writers, and Michael and Zoë will assist us obtain this objective.”
At The New York Occasions, Michael lined presidential campaigns, reported on the economic system, wrote the “Gotham” column for the Metro part, and for six years was the “Sports activities of the Occasions” columnist. Most just lately, he was a nationwide reporter overlaying points round free speech and expression, and tales capturing mental and campus debate. He and two colleagues gained the George Polk Award for reporting on a corrupt police detective—tales that led to greater than a dozen exonerations, together with releasing a person who had served 22 years for a homicide he didn’t commit—and he was a part of a group that gained the Pulitzer for breaking-news reporting on Eliot Spitzer. Earlier than becoming a member of the Occasions, Michael labored for The Washington Submit from 1996 to 2006, the place he lined the 2000 presidential marketing campaign and later served as New York bureau chief.
Zoë is a distinguished science reporter and the writer of a forthcoming e-book, The Gentle Eaters, about plant intelligence. She has contributed to The Atlantic, The New York Occasions, New York Evaluate of Books, and Audubon journal, amongst different publications. She was beforehand a workers reporter at Newsweek and later Quartz, reporting on local weather change, the atmosphere, well being, and science coverage. She has acquired a number of awards for her reporting, together with for her protection of the worldwide plastic commerce and air air pollution in Detroit.
Different latest journalists to affix The Atlantic are Hanna Rosin, as a senior editor and host of the Radio Atlantic podcast; the Pulitzer Prize winner Stephanie McCrummen as a workers author, after practically twenty years at The Washington Submit; and Laura Secor as a senior editor directing protection of world points and international coverage. Laura was a options editor for The Wall Road Journal’s Weekend Evaluate, and beforehand a deputy editor at International Affairs.
