Editorial management
Betsy Reed, US editor
Betsy Reed is US editor of the Guardian, based in New York. Under Reed’s leadership, the Guardian has embarked on a significant expansion in the US, adding dozens of journalists as well as new coverage areas, including investigations, US soccer and wellness. Prior to joining the Guardian in 2022, Reed was editor-in-chief of the Intercept and served as executive editor of the Nation.
Dana Canedy, managing editor
Dana Canedy is a distinguished journalist and editor, and an experienced senior executive in the country’s leading news and publishing organizations. She is also the author of the international best-selling memoir, A Journal for Jordan and was a producer of the movie of the same name, which was directed by Denzel Washington.
Before joining the Guardian, Canedy spent more than 20 years at the New York Times, where she held a number of roles, including business and finance reporter, national correspondent, assignment editor for national news, bureau chief and senior editor. She was a reporter and a lead editor on the team that won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for How Race Is Lived in America.
Canedy later served as administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes, the first woman and person of color to oversee the storied organization in its more than 100-year history. She later became senior vice-president and publisher of Simon & Schuster’s flagship imprint, also a first for a person of color.
Amana Fontanella-Khan, opinion editor
amana.fontanella-khan@theguardian.com
Amana Fontanella-Khan is the US opinion editor of the Guardian and associate editor, based in New York. Fontanella-Khan manages a team of over 15 US columnists, as well as weekly opinion newsletters. She is the author of Pink Sari Revolution, a book about women’s rights in India and a public scholar at City College’s Moynihan Center at CUNY.
Eline Gordts, West Coast editor
Eline Gordts is the Guardian’s west coast editor, where she oversees a team of more than a dozen US reporters and editors covering news, politics, tech, environment, gun violence and culture. Prior to joining the Guardian’s US operations in 2019, she was HuffPost’s deputy enterprise editor, politics, editing some of the newsroom’s most impactful and groundbreaking stories on domestic policy and foreign affairs, and ran the site’s international news team.
Paul Harris, deputy editor, news
Paul Harris joined the Observer and Guardian in 2000 mostly as a US and foreign correspondent, before leaving in 2013 to be senior executive editor, digital at Al Jazeera America. He then worked for Devex as head of news before rejoining Guardian US in 2018 in his current role as deputy editor of news. He has also had two novels published.
Michael Hudson, head of investigations
michael.hudson@theguardian.com
Michael Hudson is head of US investigations for the Guardian, based in New York. Under his leadership, the Guardian’s US investigations team has reported in-depth on the US healthcare system, America’s rising cost of living and corporate and government misconduct. Hudson previously worked at the Associated Press, where he edited the AP’s Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting on war crimes and corruption in Yemen, and at the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, where he was reporter and editor on ICIJ’s Pulitzer-winning Panama Papers investigation.
Malik Meer, executive editor, features, culture, and visuals
Previously the Guardian’s west coast editor, Malik Meer now serves as the executive editor for features, culture and visuals in New York. He has worked at the Guardian since 2009 and also held the assistant editor role at the Observer.
Ankita Rao, Washington editor
Ankita Rao is Washington editor of the Guardian, based in Washington DC. She oversees politics and democracy coverage, and led the Guardian’s 2024 election coverage. Prior to joining the Guardian in 2019, Rao was an editor at VICE, and a reporter covering mostly healthcare and international affairs.
Jane Spencer, deputy editor and senior vice-president, strategy
Jane Spencer was previously executive editor of the Daily Beast and editor-in-chief at Fusion Media Group. She was part of a Wall Street Journal team that won the Pulitzer Prize in 2007 for a series on China’s health and environment challenges.
Lauren N Williams, deputy editor, race and equity
lauren.williams@theguardian.com
Lauren N Williams is the deputy editor, race and equity, based in New York. She leads editorial coverage on race, identity and inequality across all desks in the Guardian’s US newsroom. Prior to joining the Guardian in 2023, Williams was a senior editor at the Atlantic, a fellow at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard and a features editor at Essence.
Business management
Steve Sachs, managing director
steve.sachs@theguardian.com | @stevenmsachs
As managing director, Steve Sachs oversees the strategic direction and overall growth of the Guardian’s US business, ensuring continued financial support for its journalistic mission in the American market.
Sachs comes to the Guardian with more than 20 years of business and executive leadership experience at both for-profit and nonprofit digital media companies across the US. Prior to joining the Guardian in 2022, he co-founded Recode the Quo, an organization focused on helping Austin, Texas tech startups build more diverse, inclusive and equitable companies.
Since 2013, Sachs has been a board member of the nonprofit news organization the Texas Tribune.
Sara Badler, chief advertising officer, North America
As the Guardian’s chief advertising officer for North America, Sara Badler oversees advertising revenue and marketing, client partnerships, and cross-functional team operations. She brings extensive industry expertise from her time as head of programmatic revenue at the New York Times and chief revenue officer of enterprise advertising at Dotdash Meredith, along with key roles at Hearst and Forbes. Most recently, she served as an executive at Morning Brew.
Keisa Caesar, senior manager, human resources
Keisa Caesar is the senior human resources manager for the Guardian US operations, based in New York, where she has nurtured a culture of excellence through strategic HR management in the areas of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, change management, and employee development. Caesar manages a team responsible for employee relations, payroll & benefits, compliance, people reporting & analytics, and performance management. Prior to her promotion in 2024, Caesar served as HR manager at the Guardian and spent over 20 years at the Associated Press, where she held roles as global human resources manager and HR project manager.
Kai Falkenberg, general counsel
kai.falkenberg@theguardian.com
Kai Falkenberg is general counsel for the Guardian, based in New York. With more than two decades of experience in media law, Falkenberg is a recognized advocate for press freedom and journalists’ rights, with deep expertise spanning first amendment law, newsroom ethics, labor relations and public policy. Falkenberg has strengthened the Guardian’s legal defenses across editorial, regulatory, and business operations, defending journalists against defamation claims, subpoenas, and efforts to chill investigative reporting. Prior to joining the organization, Falkenberg served as chief legal officer for several major digital media companies and as acting commissioner of the New York City mayor’s office of media and entertainment. She has taught media law at Columbia Law School for over a decade.
Emilie Harkin, senior vice president, growth
Emilie Harkin is the SVP, growth at the Guardian, where she oversees the US reader revenue program. During her tenure, the region’s revenue doubled, increasing by more than $30m. She held similar positions at Condé Nast (New Yorker, Vanity Fair, WIRED, Ars Technica), the Atlantic, Foreign Affairs and the New Republic. Under her leadership at the Atlantic, paid subscribers doubled while revenue grew by 300%. She is a board member of In These Times.
Nicole Kotzen, senior vice president, development
Nicole Kotzen is the Guardian’s SVP, development, as well as executive director of theguardian.org, an independent 501(c)3 dedicated to supporting independent journalism and editorial projects at the Guardian. As SVP, she is responsible for setting the strategy to grow philanthropic support for global editorial projects; and as executive director, she leads all aspects of the non-profit organization to advance its mission to support independent journalism on the most pressing issues of our time. Before the Guardian, Nicole spent over a dozen years working in nonprofit management and fundraising, including at Friends of the High Line, StoryCorps and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Matt Mittenthal, head of communications
matt.mittenthal@theguardian.com
Matt Mittenthal is head of communications for the Guardian’s US arm, overseeing both internal and external communications – for corporate and editorial – as well as playing a key role in marketing and brand strategy during this period of dramatic growth in the US. Prior to joining the Guardian in late 2023, Mittenthal served in senior communications roles at BuzzFeed, and in New York government and national political campaigns.
Nataki Williams, senior vice president, finance & operations
nataki.williams@theguardian.com
Nataki Williams is senior vice-president, finance & operations for The Guardian, based in New York. In this role, she oversees finance, operations, IT and facilities, and partners closely with editorial and commercial leadership to support the Guardian’s growth and long-term sustainability in the US. Williams plays a key role in strategic planning, investment decisions, and major capital projects, including the expansion and transformation of the US organization. She brings more than 20 years of experience in finance and operations leadership across media and mission-driven organizations.
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