Lydia Polgreen
Lydia Polgreen
Lydia Polgreen | |
|---|---|
| Born | Lydia Frances Polgreen 1975 (age 43–44) |
| Alma mater | St. John's College Columbia University |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Notable credit(s) | The Huffington Post The New York Times |
| Spouse(s) | Candace Feit |
Lydia Frances Polgreen (born 1975) is a journalist, who is the editor-in-chief of HuffPost. She was previously the editorial director of NYT Global at The New York Times, and the West Africa bureau chief for the same publication, based in Dakar, Senegal, from 2005-2009. She won many awards, most recently the Livingston award in 2009.[1] She also reported from India.[2][3] She was then based in Johannesburg, South Africa where she was The New York Times Johannesburg Bureau Chief.
Lydia Polgreen | |
|---|---|
| Born | Lydia Frances Polgreen 1975 (age 43–44) |
| Alma mater | St. John's College Columbia University |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Notable credit(s) | The Huffington Post The New York Times |
| Spouse(s) | Candace Feit |
Biography
Polgreen graduated from St. John's College in 1997 and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2000.
She started working at the New York Times, since 2002.[4]
In 2006, she received a George Polk Award in Foreign Reporting from Long Island University for her coverage of ethnic violence in the Darfur region of Sudan.
In February 2008, she covered the Battle of N'Djamena in Chad. Some of her work in N’Djamena was illustrated by the French freelance photographer Benedicte Kurzen.
In April 2016, she became the editorial director of NYT Global for The New York Times.[5] On December 6, 2016, she left The New York Times to replace the founder of The Huffington Post, Arianna Huffington,[5] as the editor-In-Chief.[6]
Personal life
Further reading
Palmer, Anna. "Politico Playbook Power List 18 to Watch in 2018" [13] . POLITICO. Politico LLC. Retrieved 22 March 2019.