Month: December 2021

Shea Serrano is an American journalist, author, and former teacher. He gained fame for his work with  The Ringer and Grantland, the sports and pop culture websites. Shea is also best known as the author of books such as The Rap Year Book, Basketball (and Other Things). Also, he wrote another book titled Movies (and Other Things). Both books became The New York Times’ #1 best-sellers.

Mark Titus is an American author and podcast host. He is a former walk-on basketball player at Ohio State. Mark played high school basketball while attending Brownsburg High School (BHS) and scored more than 1,000 career points. In Brownsburg High School (BHS), there are four more 1,000 point scorers including Gordon Hayward who is an NBA player.

Derek Thompson is an American journalist and author. He serves as a staff writer at The Atlantic since September 2008. Derek is also a news analyst for NPR’s national afternoon show, “Here and Now” and also a contributor to CBS News. Moreover, he is the host of the “Plain English” podcast that is aired at Ringer. Additionally, he is the author of the national bestselling book Hit Makers.

Vann Newkirk ( Full Name: Vann R. Newkirk II) is a preeminent journalist. Currently, he works at The Atlantic as a staff writer. Vann writes on healthcare policy, race, the environment, and politics.

Adrienne LaFrance is an American journalist working as an executive editor for The Atlantic. Prior to joining The Atlantic in 2014, she was working for Digital First Media’s Project Thunderdome as a national reporter.

Rosie Gray is an American journalist  who was formerly working for BuzzFeed News as a media and politics reporter until June 2022. Before joining BuzzFeed in April 2019, she was working for The Atlantic as a White House reporter.

Julia Ioffe is a Russian-American journalist working as a Washington Correspondent for Puck News. Before joining Puck News, she was working for GQ as a correspondent.

Radhika Jones is an American journalist and magazine editor. She is the fifth editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair magazine. Radhika succeeded Graydon Carter who retired in 2017 after 25 years in the role. Previously, she worked as deputy managing editor of Time the editorial director for the books department at The New York Times, and the managing editor of The Paris Review.

James Hamblin is an American journalist and physician specializing in public health and preventive medicine. He served as a staff writer at The Atlantic, an author, and a lecturer in public health policy at Yale University. Hamblin is a co-host of Social Distance, and the author of Clean: The New Science of Skin.