Jazmine Hughes

Jazmine Hughes (born October 25, 1991) is an American writer and editor. She is currently a story editor at The New York Times Magazine. Previously she served as contributing editor of The Hairpin. Her work has also appeared in The New Yorker, Elle, Cosmopolitan, and The New Republic.

Jazmine Hughes
Born (1991-10-25) October 25, 1991
NationalityAmerican
EducationConnecticut College
OccupationWriter, editor
Years active2012-present
EmployerThe New York Times Magazine
AwardsForbes 30 Under 30
Honorary doctorate, Connecticut College
Websitetwitter.com/jazzedloon

Early life

Hughes was born on October 25, 1991, in New Haven, Connecticut.[1] She grew up with four sisters and was homeschooled until the fifth grade.[2] She attended Connecticut College where she studied government and served as editor-in-chief of the school newspaper[3] before graduating in 2012[4] at age 20. After college she attended the Columbia Publishing Course.

Career

Hughes began her career as a fact-checker at New York Magazine,[5] one of only two black employees (the other worked in the mail room) at the publication throughout her first year there.[2] Hughes served as contributing editor of The Hairpin[2] before becoming an associate editor at The New York Times Magazine[6][7] in March 2015.[8] At the Times Magazine, Hughes edits the "Letter of Recommendation" feature and the "Talk" column.[9]

Hughes has drawn particular attention for her writing on topics from "imposter syndrome"[10][11] to race and humor,[12] as well as for her own humor writing.[13] In 2016, HelloGiggles named Hughes to its list of "14 Women of the Internet Inspiring Us on International Women's Day"[14] and The L Magazine named Hughes to its 2014 "30 Under 30" list.[15] Brooklyn Magazine named her to its 2016 list of "100 Most Influential People in Brooklyn Culture," describing her writing for The Hairpin as "immensely, deservedly popular."[16] Interviewing Hughes in 2015, Longform Podcast describes her as "very young and...very successful in her short time in the media world;"[17] Hughes earned her editorial post at The New York Times Magazine at age 23. The Huffington Post named Hughes's Hairpin piece on her sisters[18] to its year-end list of "28 Pieces From 2014 That Should Be Required Reading For Women"[19] and Autostraddle called her piece on dressing like Cookie Lyon to battle imposter syndrome one of 2015's "best longform written by women."[20] Hughes has also profiled Elaine Welteroth of Teen Vogue and Charlemagne Tha God for the New York Times Magazine.[21]

Forbes named Hughes to its 2018 30 Under 30 list for media.[9]

Advocacy

Hughes is also a cofounder of the group Writers of Color,[22][23] establishing a searchable database of contemporary writers of color in order to "create more visibility for writers of color, ease their access to publications, and build a platform that is both easy for editors to use and accurately represents the writers."[24]

Honors

In May 2018, Hughes was awarded an honorary doctorate in humane letters from her alma mater, Connecticut College, making her the youngest person ever to receive an honorary doctorate from the school.[25]

Selected works
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References
  1. Hughes, Jazmine (October 25, 2016). "happy birthday to me". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  2. Bateman, Hallie (January 12, 2015). "How to make it as a freelance writer on the Internet". The Daily Dot.
  3. Miller, Marissa (January 21, 2015). "Dream Jobs: Get to Know Jazmine Hughes of The Hairpin". Teen Vogue.
  4. "Hendricks in NYT Magazine". Connecticut College. January 3, 2018. Retrieved 2018-01-26.
  5. Galo, Sarah (2015-01-06). "Jazmine Hughes: 'Women are magic'". the Guardian. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
  6. Mullin, Benjamin (26 March 2015). "Jazmine Hughes named associate digital editor at NYT Mag". Poynter.
  7. "TheHairpin.com's Jazmine Hughes Joins Jake Silverstein's New York Times Magazine". Media Wire Daily.
  8. O'Shea, Chris (March 26, 2015). "Jazmine Hughes Joins NY Times Mag".
  9. "Jazmine Hughes, 26 - pg.12". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  10. Wemple, Erik (23 October 2015). "Editor at New York Times Magazine dresses up for work for Cosmo experiment". The Washington Post.
  11. Murphy, Jr., Bill (December 15, 2015). "Want to Be More Confident? Here's How a Successful Writer Faked It Until She Made It". Inc.
  12. Reghay, Nayomi (February 9, 2015). "What we laugh about when we laugh about white people". The Daily Dot.
  13. Foster, Rusty; Stephen, Bijan (October 27, 2014). "Today in Tabs: Today's Intern Tab". Fast Company.
  14. Sheppard, Elena (March 8, 2016). "14 women on the Internet inspiring us on International Women's Day". HelloGiggles.
  15. "30 Under 30: The Envy Index". The L Magazine. 3 December 2014.
  16. "The 100 Most Influential People in Brooklyn Culture". Brooklyn Magazine. 1 March 2016.
  17. "Longform: Longform Podcast #165: Jazmine Hughes". Longform. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
  18. Hughes, Jazmine (2014-12-15). "Sisters, Ranked — The Hairpin". Retrieved 2016-07-06.
  19. Emma Gray Executive Women's Editor, The Huffington Post; Nina Bahadur Deputy Editor, HuffPost Women (2014-12-22). "28 Pieces From 2014 Every Woman Should Read". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
  20. Riese (December 29, 2015). ""215 Of The Best Longreads Of 2015 — All Written By Women"".
  21. "Jazmine Hughes". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-11-21.
  22. Varagur, Krithika (24 November 2015). "How To Solve Media's Diversity Problem". The Huffington Post.
  23. Monroe, Jen (February 26, 2016). "Writers of Color.org". VIDA: Women in the Literary Arts. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016.
  24. "Writers of Color • About". www.writersofcolor.org.
  25. "Commencement Preview". Connecticut College. May 9, 2018. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
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