Julia Turner (born c. 1979) is an American journalist and critic. She is Deputy Managing Editor of the '' Los Angeles Times'' from 2018 and a co-host of the ''

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'' Culture Gabfest podcast. She was previously the editor-in-chief of online magazine ''

'' from 2014 to 2018. Turner grew up in Boston, the daughter of two '' Boston Globe'' journalists. She attended

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. She joined online magazine ''

'' as an editorial assistant in 2003. She was deputy editor of ''Slate'' from 2008 to 2014, when she succeeded David Plotz as editor-in-chief. Turner stepped down as editor-in-chief in October 2018, to join the '' Los Angeles Times'' as a Deputy Managing Editor overseeing arts and entertainment. She was previously one of a panel of three hosts on Slate and WNYC's Gabfest Radio podcast, and is one of a panel of three hosts of Slate's Culture Gabfest podcast. Turner is married to

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producer Ben Wasserstein. They live in Los Angeles.

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