Amelia Lester has left New Yorker Online where she was the executive editor. She is returning to Sydney to edit Good Weekend in the New Year. Lester was promoted to executive editor in January 2015. She previously served as the managing editor for the magazine since August 2009. Before that, she served as an editor for the Paris Review. For more politics, cartoons, and poetry, follow The New Yorker on Twitter.
Leaving New York is so hard (not to mention The New Yorker) but I'm thrilled to be returning to Sydney to edit Good Weekend in the new year.
— Amelia Lester (@ThatAmelia) December 16, 2015