Zena Tsarfin

Zena Tsarfin is an American editor best known as managing editor of the magazines High Times, XXL, and Cracked.

Biography

Zena Tsarfin graduated with dual degrees in journalism and political science from Brooklyn College. While attending college, she entered the publishing industry at 19 as an intern for the magazine High Times.

After graduation, Tsarfin worked briefly as an assistant editor at the comic book publisher Marvel Comics. She then returned to High Times and became its managing editor. From 2001 to 2005, she served as managing editor of the hip-hop magazine XXL. In June 2005, she was named managing editor of satiric humor magazine CRACKED. She left that position in March 2006 to return to High Times. In January 2007, she became managing editor of the Atlanta, Georgia-based Web site at SuperDeluxe.com, Turner Broadcasting's online comedy network.^[1]

As a journalist, her work has appeared in publications including Revolver, Alternative Press, Terrorizer, Guitar World, and Playgirl.

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