Team — Newsreel

Jack Brewster

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Jack Brewster is co-founder and CEO of Newsreel. He has written for The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Time Magazine, Vice, and Fortune. In 2024, he broke the story uncovering the source of the viral claim about Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio. Jack is a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree and a former Fulbright research fellow.

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Brijesh Tiwari

Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer

Brijesh is the CTO at Newsreel, where he leads engineering across the mobile app, backend, and Newsreel Classroom at scale. He previously founded Dark, a hyperlocal delivery startup that reached the Top 50 on the App Store, outranking brands like McDonald’s, Cava, and Toast Tables. After Dark, he co-founded a meme-coin trading platform recognized by Solana that won at the Colosseum hackathon. He researched keystroke-based emotion recognition during grad school at Syracuse University, publishing work at IJCB.

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Nadya Yeh

Senior Editor

Nadya writes and helps lead Newsreel’s editorial team to reimagine journalism for news-weary readers tired of doom-scrolling the internet. She previously served as a senior editor at The China Project and at the China Institute. She holds a master’s in journalism from Columbia University and a BA in art history from Williams College.

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Cris Slotoroff

Head of Education and Libraries

Cris Slotoroff is Head of Education and Libraries at Newsreel. He served as an English teacher and school district administrator for 13 years in New Jersey public schools, as a K-12 researcher focused on AI and information literacy, and as an adjunct graduate professor. Cris earned his doctorate from Baylor University, and he is committed to working with educators and librarians to advocate for a better-informed society.

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Eliza Haverstock

Editor

Eliza is an Editor at Newsreel with nearly a decade of experience in financial journalism. She previously worked at Forbes, NerdWallet, and Bloomberg, and she also works as an English language teacher. She graduated from the University of Virginia with degrees in economics and history.

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