Shani Olisa Hilton (born 1986) is an American journalist and media executive, currently working as the Deputy Managing Editor at the Los Angeles Times.[1][2] Prior to the Times, Hilton was the executive editor at
BuzzFeed News.[3]
Only a few years out of college,[5] Hilton joined Buzzfeed in 2013 as senior editor, after working at Washington City Paper[6] and NBC Washington. She was promoted to executive editor in September 2014.[7]Politico has called her "the youthful conscience of Buzzfeed News"[8] and Recode calls her "Buzzfeed's Newsmaker in Chief."[9] The New York Observer named her to a list of "10 Players in Media You Must Hire."[10]
Hilton is regularly cited as an expert on topics like
journalistic ethics,[11]millennial audiences for newsmedia,[12] and diversity in the newsroom.[13][14] She wrote a widely cited essay on the subject in 2014, entitled "Building A Diverse Newsroom Is Work."[15]