Nick is a National Magazine Award-winning editorial and business leader with 15+ years experience operating at the intersection of media and tech. He's built and run ambitious, data-driven teams responsible for exponential digital and revenue growth and held editor-in-chief, publisher, and director-level titles at both startups and consumer publications including SSIR, Pacific Standard, and Outside. He's covered technology, launching that subject vertical for The Atlantic, and used it — embracing SEO, machine learning, AI, and other tools — to continue reaching large audiences with meaningful journalism in our rapidly evolving and competitive media landscape. He consults through his LLC, Fifth Gate Media, which serves as a vehicle for content and distribution strategy; freelance editing and project management; media literacy efforts; and entrepreneurial experiments in journalism and tech environments.Before transitioning into management and strategy, he got his start by writing for Encyclopedia Britannica, where he was the first person to include the word "beatboxers" (in a Björk profile) in the publication's 250-year history; covering Obama's campaign as a new media intern (when that was a thing) for Texas Monthly; aggregating news for The Slatest, an early success in email distribution; and reporting on FAANG companies. Articles he wrote include a look at inventors killed by their own inventions, a profile of the customers who submit thousands of product reviews on Amazon, and a story on those obsessed with exploring the deep ocean.As an editor, he's 4x'ed the size of multiple teams, nurturing a generation of talent with a focus on fellowship programs and ongoing professional development. He's built hundreds-strong contributor networks to supplement original reporting with expert analysis; created a large user-generated content operation as the first EIC of Atlas Obscura; started innovative updates and editorial operations teams; and scaled newsletters to more than 1.2 million subscribers. He's sent writers around the globe, from Everest Base Camp, to document a deadly climbing season on the world’s highest peak, to the Northwest Passage, to capture the effects of climate change. And he helped to make a magazine from start to finish over one 48-hour weekend; assembled a story package on solutions to entrenched societal problems that brought together public figures from all 50 states; and spearheaded cutting-edge partnerships with other publishers in order to fund high-impact, ambitious journalism, both written and visual, in the public interest.