Shani O. Hilton

Shani O. Hilton (born 1986) is executive editor for news at Buzzfeed.[1]

Early life

Growing with a father who was a journalist, Hilton began working on the student newspaper in middle school, continuing at Bear Creek High School in Stockton, California,[2] and then at Howard University where she studied journalism.

Career

Only a few years out of college,[3] Hilton joined Buzzfeed in 2013 as senior editor, departing the Washington City Paper.[4] She was promoted to executive editor in September 2014.[5] Politico has called her "the youthful conscience of Buzzfeed News"[6] and Recode calls her "Buzzfeed's Newsmaker in Chief."[7] The New York Observer named her to a list of "10 Players in Media You Must Hire."[8]

Hilton is regularly cited as an expert on topics like journalistic ethics,[9] millennial audiences for newsmedia,[10] and diversity in the newsroom.[11] The latter owes particularly to the increased diversity of Buzzfeed staffing under Hilton's tenure, though she has emphasized the remaining room for improvement.[12] She wrote a widely cited essay on the subject in 2014, entitled "Building A Diverse Newsroom Is Work."[13]

Hilton lives in New York City.

References

  1. Engbith, Lily (September 24, 2015). "An Interview with Shani Hilton, Executive Editor at BuzzFeed News | The Politic". thepolitic.org. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  2. Barr, Jeremy (January 8, 2015). "Meet Shani Hilton, the youthful conscience of Buzzfeed News". Politico. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  3. Johnson, Eric (21 January 2016). "Meet Shani Hilton, BuzzFeed's Newsmaker in Chief". Recode. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  4. Rothstein, Betsy (January 17, 2013). "BuzzFeed Brings Shani Hilton on Board". Fishbowl DC. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  5. Cision Staff (26 September 2014). "Shani Hilton Upped at BuzzFeed | Cision". Cision. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  6. Barr, Jeremy (January 8, 2015). "Meet Shani Hilton, the youthful conscience of Buzzfeed News". Politico. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  7. Johnson, Eric (21 January 2016). "Meet Shani Hilton, BuzzFeed's Newsmaker in Chief". Recode. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  8. Bloomgarden-Smoke, Karen (16 May 2016). "The Poachables: 10 Players in Media You Must Hire". New York Observer. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  9. "Web Exclusive: Should beheading video be seen on TV and allowed on Twitter?". CNN Reliable Sources. August 24, 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  10. "BuzzFeed's Shani Hilton: Millennials don't need their own news - American Press Institute". American Press Institute. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  11. "Shani O. Hilton on Building a Newsroom at BuzzFeed". Nieman Reports. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  12. Rothstein, Betsy (January 8, 2015). "BuzzFeed's Diversity Just 'OK,' Says Site's 'Queen' Shani Hilton". The Daily Caller. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  13. Rosen, Jay (March 20, 2014). "Review and comment on the launch of Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight.com for ESPN. » Pressthink". Pressthink.org. Retrieved 16 July 2016.


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