Izzie Ramirez
Deputy Editor, Vox\'s Future Perfect
- Role
- Deputy Editor, Future Perfect at Vox Media
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Izzie Ramirez
Currently, I’m the deputy editor of Future Perfect, Vox’s section on the myriad…
Experience
Deputy Editor, Future Perfect
May 2022 — Present · NY, US
Hire, train, and edit three new-to-journalism fellows each year; develop an intensive journalism curriculum with workshops; and scout story opportunities according to their interests.(This year, we had 1300+ applicants.)-Produce and edit the bi-weekly Future Perfect newsletter, which has subscribers. The newsletter grew 12% year-over-year in 2024-Assist in directing coverage for the Future Perfect team around public health, global poverty, climate, psychedelics, cutting-edge science, bureaucratic failures, and more-Occasionally write explainers on consumerism, colonialism, and culture as time allows. My January 2023 story on the declining quality of consumer goods received more than unique pageviews, and was the top story that month-Ideate and execute new experimental story formats. In May 2024, I collaborated with the special projects manager and executive editor to develop new sidebars. I also programmed and developed guidance for a vertical video sidebar that integrates a news explainer TikTok with an audience callout — an idea I had from the previous year-Execute the editorial vision for the yearly Future Perfect 50 list, where the team nominates 50 thinkers, activists, and scholars working on solutions for today’s (and tomorrow’s) problems. Developed the first truly interactive iteration of the list in 2024, with a quiz, randomizer, and key celebrity interviews.
Education
Lacunza International House
C1 Level Fluency in Spanish
2016 — 2016
McKinney Boyd High School
High School Diploma
2012 — 2016
Columbia University
Master of Arts - MA, Science Journalism
New York University
Bachelor’s Degree, Journalism and Global Liberal Studies (Politics, Rights and Development)
2016 — 2020
Mayborn School of Journalism
Multimedia High School Workshop, Journalism
2015 — 2015
Skills
- Blogging
- Microsoft Word
- Adobe Photoshop
- Digital Photography
- Google Docs
- Ap Stylebook
- Editing
- Journalism
- Indesign
- Writing
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