Ann Shoket is an American magazine writer and editor. She is the author of ''The Big Life'' and the former editor-in-chief of ''
Seventeen'' magazine.
Education
Shoket received her BA from
New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a Nondenominational ...
.
Career
She is the author of ''The Big Life: Embrace the Mess, Work Your Side Hustle, Find a Monumental Relationship, and Become the Badass Babe You Were Meant to Be''. She was editor-in-chief of ''
Seventeen'' from 2007-2014. She began her career as a reporter at
Steven Brill's ''
The American Lawyer
''The American Lawyer'' is a monthly legal magazine and website published by ALM Media. The periodical and its parent company, ALM (then American Lawyer Media), were founded in 1979 by Steven Brill.[webzine
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''Tag'', an online community of artists and writers. Shoket was also senior editor with the ''
Parade
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'' family of publications, and executive editor of ''
CosmoGIRL!'' magazine. While at CosmoGIRL! she created a "CosmoGIRL! Born to Lead" patch program with
The Girl Scouts and she developed a national leadership campaign with
The White House Project with the goal of putting a reader in the White House by the year 2024.
She has also appeared in several episodes of the reality show series ''
America's Next Top Model
''America's Next Top Model'' (abbreviated ''ANTM'' and ''Top Model'') is an American reality television series and interactive competition in which a number of aspiring models compete for the title of "America's Next Top Model" and a chance to b ...
'' as a judge.
References
External links
Ann Shoket's official websiteBiography at Magazine Publishers of America website* Ann Shoket a
IMDB
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1972 births
Living people
American magazine editors
American women magazine editors
New York University alumni
Writers from Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Journalists from New York City
Journalists from Pennsylvania