I went to boarding school Southern, religious, and straight, and I left boarding school not being at all religious and not being straight.

I believe that the demand for long-form quality journalism is strong and I think that despite all of the changes in technology over the past few years, people still want in-depth, rigorous reporting.

By 2007, we were finally living in a culture where people get what networks are and what technology can do to connect people.

The audience might not be the size of Facebook, but how much time can you spend online and think, 'What did I just learn?

I look up to a lot of people, but outside of my parents, I've never really had a mentor.

Mostly what I'm focused on is finding people who are younger who haven't built companies before but have a good idea.

I think there's an important difference between the newspaper and a magazine. I view the role of the magazine as providing the deeper reporting and the thoughtful analysis to help you make sense of why that news is important.