Vox has named Elias Isquith as a senior editor for policy, politics, and ideas, effective September 22. 

Isquith is now a producer and researcher on "The Ezra Klein Show" at The New York Times. 

Previously, he served as the editorial director of the NAACP Legal Education & Defense Fund, the editor in chief of Voices, the blog of the Open Society Foundation, and as an editor and writer at Salon.

“In our conversations with him, it was clear that Elias is passionately interested in the same questions that drive our work,” said Libby Nelson, editorial director for policy, politics and ideas at Vox. “What are the roots of our current political moment? What is happening today that will still matter in a week, a month, or a decade — and how do we convey those stakes? What is the best way to give readers the context, nuance, and understanding they need on complex topics?”