Christian David Hoard is an American music journalist and music editor for ''

Rolling Stone ''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner, and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. It was first kno ...

''. A 2000 graduate of the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

, he began his career as a music journalist writing for the ''

Michigan Daily ''The Michigan Daily'' is the weekly student newspaper of the University of Michigan. Its first edition was published on September 29, 1890. The newspaper is financially and editorially independent of the University's administration and other st ...

''. He later moved to

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, where he interned for ''

the Village Voice ''The Village Voice'' is an American news and culture paper, known for being the country's first alternative newsweekly. Founded in 1955 by Dan Wolf, Ed Fancher, John Wilcock, and Norman Mailer, the ''Voice'' began as a platform for the crea ...

'' and met

Robert Christgau Robert Thomas Christgau ( ; born April 18, 1942) is an American music journalist and essayist. Among the most well-known and influential music critics, he began his career in the late 1960s as one of the earliest professional rock critics and ...

, who became his mentor. Christgau also later convinced his colleagues at ''Rolling Stone'' to allow Hoard to write for the magazine after Hoard became an intern there; he later became the magazine's senior editor. Along with

Nathan Brackett Nathan Brackett is a former music journalist and , an executive at Amazon Music. Career Brackett started his career at '' Musician Magazine'' in 1991 and worked his way up to associate editor. In 1996, he left Musician, and took a role as the ...

, he co-edited ''

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'', which was published in 2004. In 2016, he replaced Brackett as ''Rolling Stone''s music editor.

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