from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University in 1988 after completing a 149-page long senior thesis titled "The Super Tuesday Strategy: Democratic Response to Transformations in Southern Politics.

He was the founding editor of the "Personal Journal" section, guiding work that led to two Pulitzer Prizes, and later oversaw news strategy and integration of the print and digital teams.

In 2008, he worked with Tina Brown to launch The Daily Beast as the first executive editor.

[4] He joined Time in 2013 as Digital Managing Editor, where he led an expansion that established a 24/7 news and video operation.

In 2016, he became Group Digital Director for Time Inc., overseeing 12 news and lifestyle sites.