Emily Yoffe, Slate‘s ‘Dear Prudence’ advice columnist, has resigned from the publication and the column, and will join The Atlantic as a contributing editor.
Great news: @EmilyYoffe is joining @TheAtlantic as a contributing editor.
— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) November 9, 2015
Yoffe had written ‘Dear Prudence’ for nearly a decade, as well as writing for their Explainer column and having created the Keeping Tabs column. Slate has named Mallory Ortberg as their new ‘Dear Prudence’.
Ahh good morning! I am now Dear Prudence (!?!?!?!) as well as The Toast! https://t.co/iCIksgLpZx
— Mallory Ortberg (@mallelis) November 9, 2015
Ortberg is the co-founder and editor of The Toast, a website she created and launched in 2013. Follow Slate on Twitter and Instagram to procrastinate better.