Shani Olisa Hilton (born 1986) is an American journalist and media executive, currently working as the Deputy Managing Editor at the ''

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''. Prior to the Times, Hilton was the executive editor at

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Early life

Growing up with a journalist father, Hilton began working on the student newspaper in middle school and continued at Bear Creek High School in

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. She attended

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in D.C. and studied journalism.

Career

Only a few years out of college, Hilton joined Buzzfeed in 2013 as senior editor, after working at ''

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'' and NBC Washington. She was promoted to executive editor in September 2014. ''

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'' has called her "the youthful conscience of Buzzfeed News" and Recode calls her "Buzzfeed's Newsmaker in Chief." The ''

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'' named her to a list of "10 Players in Media You Must Hire." Hilton is regularly cited as an expert on topics like

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audiences for newsmedia, and diversity in the newsroom. She wrote a widely cited essay on the subject in 2014, entitled "Building A Diverse Newsroom Is Work."

References

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