Gothamist is a website about New York City and everything that happens in it. That means news and events, restaurants and bars, happenings and goings-on. Gothamist has an avid and growing readership, and an even more avid and growing staff.
Masthead
Editor and co-founder: Jen Chung
Publisher and co-founder: Jake Dobkin
Associate Publisher: Tien Mao
Technology Director: Neil Epstein
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Logo: Sam Park
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Managing Editor: John Del Signore
Senior Editor: Jen Carlson
Associate Editors: Jamie Feldmar, Garth Johnston, Christopher Robbins, Ben Yakas
Contributors: Tom Boorstein, Robert Horan, Peter Trinkle, Joe Schumacher
Interns: Nell Casey, Elyssa Goldberg, Bethany O'Grady, Melanie Parker, and Rachel Pincus
Special thanks to: Justin Case, Michael Barrish, Matt Kingston, and Hilton Marcus
Fun facts
- "The marvelous, not-to-be-missed Web site Gothamist.com - a crystal ball that reflects everything worth knowing about this city" - Liesl Schillinger, The New York Times Book Review
- Gothamist averages more than 65,000 unique visitors per day.
- Traffic has grown more than 20% per month for the last six months.
- Recently named a "Forbes Favorite" for city blogs, Forbes described Gothamist as a "sophisticated, deliciously urbane city blog."
- Gothamist has been featured in and linked from The New York Times (articles about NY blogs and the August 2003 blackout), Wired News (on fotolog), USA Weekend (recommended blog), AM New York, the Daily News, Metro and the Associated Press (an article about local blogs seen in USA Today, CNN and other papers around the country).
- Gothamist was included in ABC's World News Tonight's People of the Year 2004 piece about bloggers.
- Gothamist was named the number one blog by WABC's Sree Sreenivasan in his year-end technology wrap-up; Sreenivasan had previously named Gothamist one of the best blogs about NYC.
- Gothamist's wide range of content attracts a high volume of comments and discussion from its readers.
- Gothamist has been nominated for Best NY Blog by New York magazine and for six Bloggie Awards (2003: Best American Blog, Best Group Blog, Best Non Weblog Content; 2004: Best Non-Weblog Content, Best British Blog [for Londonist], and Blog of the Year). Gothamist was voted Best NY Blog by NY Press readers in 2004.
