Monica Drake (journalist)

Monica Drake
Born
Yellow Springs, Ohio, U.S.
Alma mater
OccupationEditor at The New York Times
Years active1998–present
Spouse
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(m. 2006)​

Monica Drake is a journalist and deputy managing editor[1][2] at The New York Times. Drake is the first African-American woman to serve on the newsroom's print masthead.[3][4][5][6]

Biography

Drake was born to internist Kathleen Glover and attorney Macarthur Drake.[4] Drake is from Yellow Springs, Ohio and attended Yellow Springs High School.[3][4] Drake attended Yale University and then the School of Journalism at Columbia University.[3] She joined The New York Times as an intern in 1998, and became a copy editor in 2001. Drake worked at the Culture Desk, then became the senior Travel editor before becoming a deputy managing editor, making her the first African-American woman to serve on the print masthead.[3][6] In her new position, Drake posted a listing for a "dream" traveling job that got national attention and received over 13,000 applications.[7] As an assistant managing editor(2017-23), she founded a new column called "Surfacing" which focuses on subcultures around the world and appears both online and in print.[3]

Drake married journalist Greg Winter in 2006.[4]

References

  1. ^ New York Times Company, "Monica Drake"
  2. ^ announcement of promotion 2023
  3. ^ a b c d e "From VYS to the NYT". The Yellow Springs News. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  4. ^ a b c d "New York Times editor calls Yellow Springs 'one of the best places in the world to visit'". Dayton.com. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  5. ^ Prince, Richard. "Walmart Pulls T-Shirt Calling for Journalist Lynchings". Journal-isms. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  6. ^ a b "Media News: LA Times Sells, Local Alt-Weekly Departures". Portland Mercury. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  7. ^ "Here's Who Got That New York Times Travel-Writing Job Over 13,000 People Applied To". Refinery. Retrieved 2018-02-13.