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Sia Michel (born May 17, 1967, in Erie, Pennsylvania) became the first woman to edit a large-circulation American rock magazine. Subsequently appointed as the deputy culture editor of The New York Times, she was promoted to the position of Culture editor in January 2023.

Biography

After Michel graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, she began her journalism career as a reporter and music editor with SF Weekly.

In February 2002, she was appointed as editor-in-chief of Spin after having worked at the magazine for five years. The first woman to edit a large-circulation American rock magazine, she held that position until February 2006 when the magazine was bought out by new owners. During the time of her editorial leadership, the publication had a circulation of more than half a million readers.

Hired by The New York Times in 2007, she was subsequently promoted to the position of editor of Arts & Leisure and pop music editor for the publication. She was then appointed deputy editor in 2018. During her tenure with the Times, she has served as a primary editor for Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Wesley Morris and contributing critic at large Salamishah Tillet. In January 2023, Michel was appointed as the publication's new Culture editor.

Michel has won several awards for reporting and feature writing, including a 1999 ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for her reporting on the death of hip-hop icon The Notorious B.I.G.

See also

• History of journalism
• Women in journalism

References

1. Drake, Rossiter (May 20, 2003). "So What Do You Do, Sia Michel?". Media Bistro. Retrieved May 8, 2007.
2. Kahn, Joe, Carolyn Ryan and Sam Sifton. "Sia Michel is The New York Times' new Culture editor." Brentwood, Tennessee: Editor & Publisher Magazine, January 31, 2003.
3. ^ Sifton, Sam. "Sia Michel, Top Pick Chick Once More". Gawker. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
4. ^ Kahn, Ryan and Sifton, "Sia Michel is The New York Times' new Culture editor," Editor & Publisher Magazine, January 31, 2023.
5. "2021 Pulitzer Prize Remarks from Sia Michel." New York, New York: The New York Times, June 11, 2021.
6. "New York Times Deputy Culture Editor Sia Michel and Times contributing critic at large Salamishah Tillet address the newsroom." New York, New York: The New York Times, May 10, 2022.
7. "Sia Michel | Penguin Random House". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2021-05-04.

External links

• Drake, Rossiter. "So What Do You Do, Sia Michel?" mediabistro.com, 20 May 2003
• Sia Michel Named Editor of Spin

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• American women music critics
• 20th-century American women journalists
• American magazine editors
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• Writers from Erie, Pennsylvania
• 20th-century American women writers
• University of Pennsylvania Law School alumni
• American women writers about music
• Journalists from Pennsylvania
• 20th-century American journalists
• American women magazine editors
• 21st-century American women