Jane Spencer Joins Fusion as Editor-in-Chief for Digital Platforms
Fusion CEO Isaac Lee today announced that award-winning journalist Jane Spencer is joining Fusion as Editor-in-Chief of the network’s digital platforms. Spencer was among the founding editors of The Daily Beast and has also worked at The Wall Street Journal. Lee sent the following email to staff this afternoon –
Hola Fusion,
Over the past several months we have been very fortunate to have. a number of talented, innovative thinkers join the ranks of our digital team… from Anna Holmes and Felix Salmon to Hong Qu and Mariana Santos.
Today I am thrilled to add another name to that list – Jane Spencer, who will be leading Fusion’s editorial efforts across all digital platforms as our Editor in Chief.
Jane is an award-winning journalist who brings an extensive record of innovation and journalistic excellence, with a keen sense of the issues that matter most to our audience. Jane’s enthusiasm is contagious and she has the proven ability to build a startup into a thriving editorial operation, which will help take Fusion to the next level.
Jane was one of the founding editors of The Daily Beast, where she served as managing editor and executive editor until 2012. That year, she was awarded a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University, where she studied new directions in digital storytelling at MIT Media Lab as well as entrepreneurship and online business models at Harvard Business School.
During her tenure as executive editor at The Daily Beast, the site’s traffic doubled while also winning numerous awards, including a National Magazine Award Digital Ellie, a Webby Award for Best News Site, and a Front Page Award for multimedia storytelling.
Before joining The Daily Beast in 2008, Jane was a correspondent for The Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong and New York where she covered a variety of beats from the entertainment industry to reporting on environmental issues and technology. She was part of a team of reporters that won a Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 2007 for coverage of China’s public health and environmental problems.
Most recently, Jane has been working on digital innovation at The Wall Street Journal and consulting on the launch of The Marshall Project, a non-profit newsroom devoted to covering the criminal justice system.
Jane’s distinct voice, passion, and editorial perspective will be a tremendous asset to us all as we look to inform and empower our young, diverse audience with content that is smart, inclusive, authentic, and entertaining.
Jane starts July 3rd and will be based here at Newsport. Please join me in welcoming her to our team.
Abrazo,
Isaac
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