Jeff Giles Named Executive Hollywood Editor At 'Vanity Fair'

As Vanity Fair ramps up its West Coast coverage with its Los Angeles bureau, the title has tapped veteran writer and editor Jeff Giles as its first executive Hollywood editor, according to TheHollywood Reporter.

Giles was a contributing editor at the title in addition to serving as a contract writer for The New York Times prior to taking on the newly created full-time position. 

As executive Hollywood editor, Giles will turn his focus on entertainment coverage across Vanity Fair’s platforms, which include the magazine, the website’s HWD section and the Awards Extra special editions, assigning and editing as he oversees the bureau, says the Hollywood Reporter.

Prior to his work with Vanity Fair, Giles was a long-time editor at Entertainment Weekly from 2006 to 2014. He oversaw the movies team and book coverage during his time with EW

Giles was a senior editor at Newsweek and held editorial positions at Rolling Stone and The New Yorker

Vanity Fair EIC Radhika Jones said of Giles, “He’s got the perfect sensibility for this role — a deep knowledge and love of movies and television, great taste and a reporter’s mind-set about how to approach the major Hollywood stories of our time.”

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