Drew Nelles joins The Walrus as senior editor

Former Maisonneuve editor-in-chief Drew Nelles will join The Walrus as its senior editor in November.

Nelles tweeted that he was moving to Toronto to join the The Walrus, which celebrated its 10th anniversary last month. He initially planned to move to New York City following his resignation last month from Maisonneuve after three years at the helm of the award-winning magazine.

Former Maisonneuve editor-in-chief Drew Nelles will join The Walrus as its senior editor in November.

Nelles tweeted that he was moving to Toronto to join the The Walrus, which celebrated its 10th anniversary last month. He initially planned to move to New York City following his resignation last month from Maisonneuve after three years at the helm of the award-winning magazine.

“I start in November and I'm replacing Rachel Giese, who just left the position to become deputy editor at The Grid,” Nelles told J-Source in an email.

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Hi all. A rather significant change of plans: I'm very happy to say that I'm joining @walrusmagazine as a senior editor.

— Goooooooooooo Nelles (@dsnelles) October 15, 2013

Which means, of course, that I'm actually moving to Toronto. New York will have to wait, for now.

— Goooooooooooo Nelles (@dsnelles) October 15, 2013

The Walrus is very pleased to welcome the wonderful @dsnelles as a senior editor at #WalrusHQ.

— The Walrus (@walrusmagazine) October 15, 2013