Hey all!
I’ve been a reader of The Dispatch for five years now—starting when I was Jonah’s intern, so feel free to dig through the archives to find the 2020 Remnant episode on which I briefly appeared—and I can’t tell you how happy I am that I’ve finally joined this team.
It was also a treat to answer your questions!
Valerie is Ideas Editor at The Dispatch, based in New York City. Prior to joining the company in 2025, she worked at The New York Times and NewsGuard Technologies, and she is currently a Novak Fellow through The Fund for American Studies. When Valerie isn’t commissioning and editing the next big essay for The Dispatch, she is probably people-watching in a funky cafe or scheming up her next oddly-themed party.
