The Atlantic Announces Emily Bobrow and Katie Zezima as Senior Editors; Will Gottsegen and Jonathan Lemire Join as Staff Writers

Emily Bobrow and Katie Zezima join as senior editors on the politics, global, and ideas team. Emily Bobrow joins from The Wall Street Journal as a features editor and Review reporter, with prior experience at The Economist and contributions on pandemic-related family impacts. Katie Zezima joins after 11 years at The Washington Post, known for guiding ambitious journalism and recent coverage of hurricanes, droughts, fires, and rising seas; she previously served as a White House correspondent and reported for The New York Times and the Associated Press. Will Gottsegen was hired as a staff writer for The Atlantic's newsletter The Daily. Jonathan Lemire moves from contributing writer to staff writer after extensive reporting on the Trump administration.

is announcing four new members of its editorial staff: Emily Bobrow and Katie Zezima will join as senior editors, both as part of the politics, global, and ideas team; Will Gottsegen was hired as a staff writer for The Atlantic 's flagship newsletter, The Daily; and Jonathan Lemire, who has reported extensively on the Trump administration this year as a contributing writer, becomes a staff writer.

She comes to us from The Wall Street Journal, where she is a features editor and reporter for the Review section, and where she has gained a wonderful reputation as a creative, thoughtful and supportive editor, commissioning and editing some of the Journal's most widely read pieces. Previously she wrote the Journal's Weekend Confidential column. She has worked as a staff editor and writer at The Economist, covering culture, politics, and policy.

Katie Zezima is joining us after 11 years at The Washington Post, where she earned a similarly wonderful reputation for her wise stewardship of some of the paper's most ambitious work. A story doctor par excellence, Katie has guided memorable journalism that has racked up accolades and exposed abuses. Katie has led coverage on a variety of subjects, but her focus lately has been nature's wrath: hurricanes, droughts, fires, and the rising seas.

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