Guardian US is the Guardian's New York-based newsroom that covers American and international news for an online, global audience. Rebecca Solnit, a writer, historian and activist and a contributing editor at Harper's magazine, is based in San Francisco.ĭirector of Media Relations, Guardian (347) 515-2001 Syreeta McFadden ( the managing editor of Union Station magazine, is based in New York. Scott Lemieux ( a professor of political science at the College of Saint Rose and a blogger at Lawyers, Guns & Money, is based in Albany. Hannah Giorgis ( an organizer working to end violence against girls and women, is based in New York. Rebecca Carroll ( the director of digital media and marketing at Scenarios USA, is also a writer, editor and author of several nonfiction books.
He is based in Los Angeles, where he teaches creative writing at the University of California, Riverside. Reza Aslan ( an internationally acclaimed writer and scholar of religions, is the author of Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth. Jess Zimmerman ( is a freelance writer whose work has appeared at the Hairpin, Aeon, Time and elsewhere.
MacCracken Doctoral Fellow in American Studies at NYU. He is based in New York, where he is a Henry M. Thrasher was named Journalist of the Year 2012 by the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association for his investigative feature writing in the Voice, the New York Times, and Out. Thrasher ( is a former staff writer at the Village Voice. Trevor Timm ( is the co-founder and executive director of the Freedom of the Press Foundation and a former legal analyst and activist for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. He also contributes to Rolling Stone, Vice and elsewhere. Jeb Lund ( is a former columnist for Gawker and Sports on Earth. She is based in Lafayette, Indiana, where she teaches English at Purdue University. Roxane Gay ( is the author of Ayiti, An Untamed State, Bad Feminist and the forthcoming Hunger. US revenues more than doubled on the previous 12-month period, reflecting increased advertising and sponsorship demand, whilst editorially, the Guardian won numerous US and global awards for its reporting of the NSA revelations, culminating with the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. Globally, the Guardian has passed the New York Times to become the world's second most popular English-language newspaper website, with 42.6 million worldwide unique visitors (ComScore, Sept '14), a 12.3% month-on-month increase. Over the past year the Guardian delivered record online traffic in the US, with nearly 27 million unique visitors and over 30% audience growth (ComScore, Sept 2014).
"They bring a unique combination of provocative ideas, incisive analysis and lively commentary that will ensure our coverage reflects the broad range of issues our American readers care about most," she added. "I'm delighted to welcome such a diverse and talented group of writers at this exciting time of growth at Guardian US," said Viner. They will contribute on a rotating, monthly basis. They join regular Guardian US voices, including Jessica Valenti, Gary Younge, Oliver Burkeman, Megan Carpentier and Emma Brockes.Ĭontributing opinion writers include religious scholar and bestselling author Reza Aslan historian and activist Rebecca Solnit former xoJane managing editor Rebecca Carroll Union Station magazine editor Syreeta McFadden political science professor and blogger Scott Lemieux feminist organizer Hannah Giorgis. Thrasher, who will write a weekly column on the intersection of equality, race, social justice and social sciences and technology essayist and editor Jess Zimmerman, who will write a weekly column on the tech industry and internet culture. New Guardian US columnists include feminist author Roxane Gay, who will write a biweekly column on the intersection of identity, culture and the internet gonzo writer Jeb Lund, who will pen a weekly column on politics, sports, media and the American identity Freedom of the Press Foundation director Trevor Timm, who will write a twice-weekly column on national security, privacy and press freedom award-winning investigative reporter Steven W.