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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