About Us

Vulture was founded in 2007 as an entertainment-and-culture outlet of New York providing an authentic, relatable experience for pop-culture fans — which is to say, caring disproportionately about great (and not great) entertainment and the people who create it. Launched with a focus on TV recaps and general Hollywood news, the site has grown into a destination where visitors can find comprehensive coverage of TV, movies, music, art, books, theater, comedy, podcasts, among other media and pursuits, all delivered with wit, insight, criticism, and the appropriate amount of appreciation.

Along the way, Vulture evolved and expanded. The first annual Vulture Festival was held in New York City in 2014, inaugurating a pop-culture franchise that brings the website to life. The Vulture TV Podcast premiered in 2015, marking the brand’s entry into audio and establishing a show portfolio that now features Good One: A Podcast About Jokes and Switched on Pop. In 2018, Vulture and New York acquired the comedy site Splitsider, formerly part of the Awl Network, cementing Vulture as the authority on the subject. In 2022, the site debuted the entertainment-infused “Vulture 10x10,” a daily crossword tailored to its audience of pop-culture obsessives.

New York Magazine, including Vulture, was a finalist for the National Magazine Award for General Excellence (News, Sports, and Entertainment) in 2019, 2020, and 2022, and Vulture was part of New York’s submission for its 2018 National Magazine Award win for Best Website. Vulture and New York’s art critic, Jerry Saltz, won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism, an award that the site’s pop-music critic Craig Jenkins was a finalist for in 2021. Saltz’s writing for Vulture and New York also won the National Magazine Award for Leisure Interests in 2019 and for Columns and Commentary in 2015. Vulture critic Angelica Jade Bastién was a finalist for the National Magazine Award in Essays and Criticism in 2022, along with features writer E. Alex Jung in Profile Writing.

Vulture’s commitment to guiding its readers through the progress of modern fandom has remained unchanged: It strives to help them discover entertainment they might enjoy; provide them with reporting, criticism, and insights that will deepen their understanding; compel them to argue about it online; and then recommend more entertainment for them to devour.

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Vulture Editors

Editor-in-chief

Name
Neil Janowitz

Deputy Editor

Name
Katy Brooks

Features Editor

Name
Megh Wright

Managing Editor

Name
Anusha Praturu

TV Editor (Long Lead)

Name
Julie Kosin

TV Editor (Short Lead)

Name
Genevieve Koski

TV Recaps Editor

Name
Nic Juarez

Movies Editor

Name
Melissa León

Music Editor

Name
Alex Suskind

News Editor

Name
Morgan Baila

Deputy News Editor

Name
Zoë Haylock

Recommendations Editor

Name
Ray Rahman

Deputy Recommendations Editor

Name
Emily Palmer Heller

Streamliner Editor

Name
Eric Vilas-Boas

Multimedia Editor

Name
Anne Clark

Updates Editor

Name
Tolly Wright

Associate Editor

Name
Savannah Salazar

New York Culture Pages

Culture Editor

Name
Tomi Obaro

Features Editor

Name
Dee Lockett

Critics

Critic

Name
Angelica Jade Bastién

TV Critic

Name
Jen Chaney

Book Critic

Name
Andrea Long Chu

Movie Critic

Name
Bilge Ebiri

TV Critic

Name
Roxana Hadadi

Theater Critic

Name
Sara Holdren

Music Critic

Name
Craig Jenkins

Critic

Name
Jackson McHenry

Critic

Name
Nicholas Quah

Art Critic

Name
Jerry Saltz

Critic

Name
Kathryn VanArendonk

Movie Critic

Name
Alison Willmore

Writers

West Coast Editor

Name
Josef Adalian

Staff Writer

Name
Rebecca Alter

News Writer

Name
Justin Curto

News Writer

Name
Jason Frank

News Blogger

Name
Alejandra Gularte

News Writer

Name
Zoe Guy

Features Writer

Name
Rachel Handler

Staff Writer

Name
Devon Ivie

Senior Writer

Name
Nate Jones

Features Writer

Name
E. Alex Jung

Senior Reporter

Name
Chris Lee

Comedy Reporter

Name
Hershal Pandya

Features Writer

Name
Matt Zoller Seitz

Features Writer

Name
Lila Shapiro

News Blogger

Name
Tom Smyth

News Blogger

Name
Bethy Squires

News Blogger

Name
Jennifer Zhan

Podcasts

Host, Good One: A Podcast About Jokes

Name
Jesse David Fox

Host, Switched on Pop

Name
Charlie Harding

Host, Switched on Pop

Name
Nate Sloan

Producer, Switched on Pop

Name
Reanna Cruz

Social Media

Social Media Editor

Name
Bailey Kircher