“Newspaper haters is a group of people that doesn't really exist, but, even if it did, it wouldn't be composed of people in Internet media. Those people, if they don't occasionally do odd jobs for papers and magazines themselves, have close friends who do.”

American writer and director

Cord Jefferson is an American writer and director. After studying at the College of William & Mary, he began his career in journalism and later worked as an editor at Gawker until 2014. He wrote for a range of publications before moving into editing, and his work spans both writing and directing. His background in journalism places him in the world of editorial storytelling, where clarity and observation matter as much as style.