Monica Drake (journalist)
American journalist and managing editor
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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]
Monica Drake | |
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| Born | Yellow Springs, Ohio, U.S. |
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| Occupation | Editor at The New York Times |
| Years active | 1998–present |
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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]