Michael Berk
About
Michael Berk is from New York City Metropolitan Area. Michael is currently Senior Editor at Vox Media. Michael also works as Editorial Consultant at Self Employed, a job Michael has held since May 2019. In Michael's previous role as a Managing Editor at The Ink, Michael worked in until Apr 2026. Prior to joining The Ink, Michael was a Senior Section Editor at CNN and held the position of Senior Section Editor. Prior to that, Michael was a Executive Editor at MIT Horizon , based in Cambridge, Massachusetts from Oct 2019 to Feb 2020. Michael started working as Executive Editor, Wirecutter at The New York Times in Greater New York City Area in May 2015. From Jan 2013 to May 2015, Michael was Director of Digital Products at Restless Books, based in Greater New York City Area. Prior to that, Michael was a Contributing Technical Editor, Sound+Vision at Bonnier Corporation, based in Greater New York City Area from Jan 2013 to Jul 2013. Michael started working as Web Editor, Sound+Vision at Bonnier Corporation in New York, NY in Mar 2011.
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Michael Berk's current jobs
Writing, editing, and strategy for publications, enterprise clients, and digital content initiatives. Clients include T-Mobile for Business, Salesforce, MIT Open Learning, Book Post, New York Public Radio, WQXR, and NBC News Brand Studio.
Michael Berk's past jobs
Running day-to-day operations at The Ink, the newsletter founded by journalist and author Anand Giridharadas. Talking democracy and everything that it makes possible with politicians, activists, journalists, scholars and more.
Led product testing efforts at CNN Underscored, CNN's product reviews and recommendations vertical. https://www.cnn.com/cnn-underscored/
Oversaw all editorial operations for MIT Horizon, an initiative within MIT Open Learning that supports enterprise clients with a content library on emerging technology and up-to-date educational content around practical innovations in technology that affect business decisionmakers.
Managed the day-to-day editorial operations of Wirecutter, the product recommendation site owned by The New York Times company. * Ran Wirecutter's editorial department from the company's startup phase through its acquisition by The New York Times Company and through its first two years as a Times subsidiary; managed the edit team as it grew from 25 to 70 staffers * Directly supervised 12 senior editors * Planned all editorial coverage to achieve company growth, revenue, and audience goals; met or exceeded revenue goals each year; and grew traffic from an average of 3.3 million to 4.5 million sessions monthly over the course of my tenure * As top editor, acted as final authority on published reviews and recommendations * Implemented and maintained editorial standards; oversaw training program for editorial staffers * Collaborated with revenue, SEO, audience development, engineering and product teams
Oversaw all web and ebook projects for this publisher of fiction in translation, travel, art, and photography * Acquired and edited fiction, nonfiction, and graphic titles * Built relationships with software vendors, contract developers, and freelance designers and editors * Produced, designed, and coded ebooks; designed and laid out print projects; maintained company site * Produced audio and video for promotional projects and use within digital editions
Contributed essays and reviews, with a focus on digital audio and personal technology and portables, for the leading US publication covering consumer audio and video products.
Led the editing, strategy, and daily operations of soundandvisionmag.com, the digital edition of the largest US audio and video consumer technology magazine * Oversaw redesign and relaunch of the magazine’s site as an independent daily publication * Assigned and edited all Web-only feature reviews and stories; managed contributing writers, designers, and photographers * Coordinated with marketing, public relations, and advertising sales staff on promotional efforts * Covered audio and video technology innovations, and conducted hands-on technical reviewing of hardware and software
Coordinated editorial and publication of print and Web publication for a travel-focused literary journal * Acquired assigned, and edited fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and photography; hired translators for international content * Managed site content and oversaw print production * Planned promotional efforts and live events * Produced video and audio features for the journal’s Web site and offsite promotion
Oversaw all media projects for the Web site of the leading magazine of literature and politics. * Created and produced a blog (blogs.nybooks.com) and weekly podcast (itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/new-york-review-books-podcast/id284527588) featuring the Review's contributors in literature, politics, and the arts. * Oversaw the Review's social media presence; grew @nybooks from ~500 to ~20,000 Facebook followers and 100,000 Twitter followers. * Produced and edited video features and slideshows and other features to extend Review stories. * Developed information architecture and user interface features as part of a total redesign and relaunch of the site in 2009.