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American journalist and editor
Megan Greenwell is an American editor and journalist. She was the first female editor-in-chief of
Deadspin and editor of
Wired.com .
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[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 .
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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 ,
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[7] before receiving her B.A. from
Barnard College in 2006.
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[9] At Barnard, she was a fencer for the
Columbia Lions fencing team and was the editor-in-chief of
Columbia Daily Spectator .
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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 .
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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.
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[16] She later became the editor-in-chief of
Wired.com in 2019.
[17] She left her post in 2021, citing "burnout."
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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 .
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References
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"Megan Greenwell" . Wired . Retrieved 2022-07-17 .
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"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 .
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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 .
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"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 .
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Dinkelspiel, Frances (2009-12-08).
"10 years later: How 2 Berkeley High reporters broke sex-ring scandal" . Berkeleyside . Retrieved 2022-07-17 .
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"Megan Greenwell - Fencing" . Columbia University Athletics . Retrieved 2022-07-17 .
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"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 .
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"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 .