WSJ News Exclusive | BuzzFeed taps Karolina Vaklawiec as editor in chief of the news division

Buzzfeed ready to nominate its Top Culture Editor, Karolina WaclawiakiAs its newsroom editor-in-chief, people familiar with the matter, said, tapping a seasoned insider to head a division that is dealing with a change in leadership and strategy.

Ms Vaclawiec, who has been with BuzzFeed for six years, will take charge of a newsroom that cut its teeth on major investigative swings—including a Pulitzer Prize-winning series of articles about China’s infrastructure for detaining Muslims in the Xinjiang region. The chain is included—but has been shrinking of late as the now-public BuzzFeed seeks to boost profitability.