Celeste Katz
An American political journalist whose two-decade career spans the New York Daily News, Mic, Glamour and Newsweek, and whose 2020 departure from Newsweek amid a wave of editor firings drew independent press scrutiny for its apparent timing.
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- Country
- United States
- Full name
- Celeste Katz Marston
- Education
- BA International Relations, Brown University; executive editor of the Brown Daily Heraldstated by the subject
- Career
- The Providence Journal, New York Daily News, Mic, Glamour, Newsweek; current Editor-in-Chief of The Concord Bridge (since April 2025)
- Notable project
- Co-hosted the "Special Relationship" podcast with The Economist during the 2016 U.S. election
Overview
Celeste Katz — who publishes under the byline Celeste Katz Marston — is an American political journalist with a career spanning The Providence Journal, the New York Daily News, Mic, Glamour and Newsweek. In 2018, Glamour hired her as senior political reporter after roughly 15 years at the New York Daily News (WWD). During the 2016 U.S. presidential election, she co-hosted “Special Relationship,” a podcast produced with The Economist, which Poynter independently named among the year’s notable political journalism (Poynter).
Newsweek departure
In February 2020, Katz departed Newsweek alongside the outlet’s editor-in-chief and executive editor. Columbia Journalism Review reported that Katz had been involved in reporting on internal Newsweek matters, including a Manhattan DA raid on the company and a senior executive’s leave of absence, and that the firings carried what CJR described as “the appearance of retaliation” — a characterization CJR itself presented as an impression of the situation rather than a settled fact (Columbia Journalism Review).
Later career
Katz later joined The Concord Bridge, a nonprofit newspaper in Concord, Massachusetts, as news editor in 2023, becoming managing editor in 2024 and Editor-in-Chief in April 2025.
Timeline
- 2016
- Co-hosts "Special Relationship," a podcast produced with The Economist covering the U.S. presidential election, independently named among the year's notable political journalism by Poynter.
- 2018
- Hired by Glamour as senior political reporter, following roughly 15 years at the New York Daily News.
- 2020
- Departs Newsweek alongside its editor-in-chief and executive editor; Columbia Journalism Review reported the firings had "the appearance of retaliation" against journalists who had investigated internal Newsweek matters, a characterization CJR itself framed as an impression rather than a proven fact.
- 2025-04
- Becomes Editor-in-Chief of The Concord Bridge, a nonprofit newspaper in Concord, Massachusetts.
What we could not verify
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- A claimed 2022 Mirror Award finalist nomination appears on her own bio and Muck Rack profile but could not be independently confirmed against the Newhouse School's own finalists list this pass; not stated as fact here.
- On the most recent audit of this profile, the Columbia Journalism Review URL returned a paywall (402) error and the WWD URL returned a 404/paywall error; neither could be re-verified this pass. The core narrative remains independently corroborated by Poynter, which was successfully re-read.
Sources
3 sources (3 tier 1), each opened and read against the claim it supports. Every source is independent of the subject; no first-party material is cited. See the source policy.
Sourced to Columbia Journalism Review's independent account of her 2020 Newsweek departure and to trade-press coverage of her career moves; CJR's characterization of the firings as having "the appearance of retaliation" is presented as CJR's own framing, not as an established fact. A claimed 2022 Mirror Award finalist nod could not be independently confirmed this pass and is not stated as fact.
- The media today: Firing of top editors puts Newsweek's future in doubt Supports: Her firing from Newsweek alongside its editor-in-chief and executive editor, her role investigating internal Newsweek matters, and CJR's own framing of the firings' apparent timing.
- Glamour's Editor in Chief Unveils New Hires Supports: Her 2018 hire at Glamour as senior political reporter and her prior roughly 15-year tenure at the New York Daily News.
- Here's (some of) the best political journalism of 2016 Supports: Independent recognition naming her as co-host of the "Special Relationship" podcast.
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