Fantastic Balance of Digital and Print Skills Leads America S Most Interesting Magazine

Top Journalist To Fill New Smithsonian Post “Fantastic balance” of digital and print skills leads America’s Most Interesting Magazine to tap NPR’s Debra Rosenberg

Smithsonian magazine is hiring Debra Rosenberg to serve as its first ever digital integration manager, a new senior position created to extend the magazine’s reach in digital media, update operations and strengthen content across all platforms and products.

“Debra is an innovative, battle-tested editor and manager who has shown a true commitment to excellence at top-tier media organizations,” said Michael Caruso, the magazine’s editor. “She has the tremendous range of interests and the penetrating point of view that are the hallmarks of Smithsonian.”

Rosenberg is currently the national editor for digital news at NPR.org. She has coordinated NPR.org’s political coverage across radio, web, mobile and social media platforms, working with producers and network journalists to create stories as well as videos, photo galleries and other interactive elements.

Previously Rosenberg served in numerous positions during a distinguished 20-year career at Newsweek, beginning as a reporter in 1990 and ending as deputy editor in 2010. She was a White House correspondent, covering the last two years of the Clinton administration, a national correspondent, spearheading the magazine’s trademark reporting on social and political issues, and deputy Washington bureau chief, conceiving and coordinating ambitious journalism at the center of the action. Rosenberg made essential contributions to Newsweek’s National Magazine Awards for General Excellence in 2002 and 2004.

As Newsweek’s deputy editor, she worked closely with the web staff and also oversaw health and science coverage, directing coverage of subjects such as climate change and stem cells. She produced cover stories from “Saint Sarah,” about the former Alaska governor, to “The Creativity Crisis” to “The Key to Saving American Education.”

Rosenberg’s teamwork was the key to successful Newsweek special publications such as the guide 100 Places to Remember Before They Disappear and the commemorative edition produced within 48 hours of President Obama’s inauguration. She is also the co-author of Back from the Dead: How Clinton Survived the Republication Revolution.

Rosenberg received her undergraduate degree from Wellesley College and a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University. She lives in Maryland with her husband and two young children.

Smithsonian, published 11 times a year by the Smithsonian Institution, has two million subscribers and some seven million readers. An independent media research firm recently ranked Smithsonian as America’s Most Interesting Magazine.

For more information contact Smithsonian Enterprises communications manager Scott Stark [email protected] 202-633-5172