Talking Points Memo editor moves to Raw Story

MEDIA ADVISORY -- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Megan Carpentier to lead Raw Story, Raw Replay

Raw Story is pleased to announce that Megan Carpentier, an editor with Talking Points Memo and the former politics and news director at Air America Radio, has been selected as the company's new executive editor.

Carpentier will take the reins of the newly-redesigned Raw Story and video-driven sister site Raw Replay, where she will help continue promoting original investigative news and reporting that rejects traditional media narratives of power and influence. In her role as executive editor of Raw Story Media's properties, Carpentier will be working directly with the site's reporters to support and guide their daily coverage, while overseeing a team of editors in highlighting the day's latest, most important stories and videos.

Along the way, Raw Story and Carpentier will implement an ambitious growth strategy aimed at increasing both the size of the site's readership and the depth of readers' interactions.

"Our search for a new executive editor was months-long and exhaustive," Raw Story Publisher Roxanne Cooper said. "In Megan we found the right combination of experience and commitment to independent, no-holds-barred muckracking journalism. We're thrilled to have her helm our editorial team."

Carpentier has also served as an editor for Jezebel.com, and wrote for The Washington Independent, Women's eNews, Glamour's political blog "Glamocracy" and Foreign Policy's "Madame Secretary" blog.

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