What I Do
As a deputy managing editor, I direct a team of editors and reporters who produce in-the-moment coverage of breaking news, expert analysis of higher-education trends, and deep investigations of the sector and the people who seek to influence it. I’m the editor and strategic guide of journalistic products including the Daily Briefing, our every-morning email rundown of the news that matters across higher ed, and College Matters from The Chronicle, our flagship podcast.
My Background
Since joining The Chronicle in 2001, I’ve served in a variety of roles: As a technology reporter, I covered the rise of Wikipedia and Facebook; as the newspaper’s first web producer and later web editor, I worked extensively on two major site redesigns; and as an editor, I led the creation of a news-and-advice portal for Vitae, our academic-career site. I then returned to the newsroom to guide daily-news coverage. For four years I served as The Chronicle’s editor. I’m a native of rural western New York, and a graduate of Williams College, where I studied art history but spent the better part of my four years shuttling between the student newspaper and the campus radio station.
Connect
Phone: 202-466-1094
Email: brock.read@chronicle.com
