During the Olympics last summer, a South Korean fencer refused to leave the floor because she disagreed with the judge's ruling. Instead of writing a traditional news article about it, a BuzzFeed st...
Doree Shafrir
Doree Shafrir joined BuzzFeed in February 2012 and is the site's Executive Editor. She is a former editor at Rolling Stone and has contributed to New York Magazine, The New Yorker, GQ, Marie Claire, Slate, The New York Times and Wired, among other publications. Currently, she oversees BuzzFeed's culture and entertainment-based verticals, as well as its longform journalism initiative. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.
There is intense pressure for journalists and editors to produce lots and lots of content these days. But, frankly, much of that content is dull and terrible. There's a lot of noise, and not much me...