Choire Sicha ( , born November 19, 1971) is an American writer and blogger. In June 2021, he became an

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at ''New York''; he had been the editor of ''

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'' Style section since September 2017. Previously, he served as

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's director of partner platforms, co-editor at ''

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'', and a co-founder of ''

The Awl ''The Awl'' was a website about "news, ideas and obscure Internet minutiae of the day" based in New York City. Its motto was "Be Less Stupid." History Founded in April 2009 by David Cho and former ''Gawker'' editors Choire Sicha and Alex Balk ...

''.

Career

Sicha began his writing career as an editor for ''

'', ''

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'', and

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. He launched The Awl in April 2009, with Alex Balk and David Cho, out of his East Village apartment, after ''Radar'' magazine folded. The website, described as a "irreverent, all-purpose, media/culture/politics/think-piece/bear-video clusterfuck" by '' GQ'', was based in

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. Sicha published his first book, ''Very Recent History: An Entirely Factual Account of a Year (c. AD 2009) in a Large City'' in 2013. In February 2016,

hired Sicha as its director of partner platforms to oversee the media company's approach to platforms like

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's Instant Articles,

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's Discover feature, and

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's Accelerated Mobile Pages initiative. Sicha became the editor of ''

'' Style section in September 2017. On June 7, 2021, ''New York'' announced that Sicha had left ''The New York Times'', and would join the magazine as an

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