Stephanie Williams

Stephanie Williams


Stephanie is the founder and editorial director of La Fronde. She brings nearly two decades of editorial strategy and reporting experience across The Washington Post, National Geographic, Condé Nast, and Warner Bros. Discovery. She began her journalism career by launching D.C. Music Download — a Washington, D.C. music website that led to a reporting and editing role covering arts and culture for The Washington Post Express. She is the author of two books on D.C.'s punk music scene. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband Josh and cat Archie.

Natalie Morales on reinvention, her unlikely start in banking and the con man she'll never forget

Oct 15, 2026

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10 min read

Natalie Morales on reinvention, her unlikely start in banking and the con man she'll never forget

She traded banking for broadcast journalism and morning television for true crime. Natalie Morales has learned that the best career moves aren't always the safest.

Stephanie Williams
Stephanie Williams
Breaking: Netflix’s content chief exits in massive shake-up

Oct 15, 2026

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15 min read

Breaking: Netflix’s content chief exits in massive shake-up

Plus: Our chat with Natalie Morales — and the fake Rockefeller who quoted poetry at her.

Stephanie Williams
Stephanie Williams
Exclusive: Legendary business journalist Bethany McLean joins Inc.

Oct 13, 2026

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15 min read

Exclusive: Legendary business journalist Bethany McLean joins Inc.

Plus: The scoop on a new indie women’s lifestyle mag and a travel outlet you can only get via snail mail.

Stephanie Williams
Stephanie Williams
Is LinkedIn burying Cornell posts? Plus, WaPo’s big moves

Oct 8, 2026

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15 min read

Is LinkedIn burying Cornell posts? Plus, WaPo’s big moves

And: The women of ‘The Moment LIVE’ on building a half-million-strong community without the rage bait.

Stephanie Williams
Stephanie Williams
The fangirls landing media's newest dream jobs

Oct 6, 2026

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11 min read

The fangirls landing media's newest dream jobs

Plus: The Obamas launch a new women’s sports podcast and the latest at Glamour.

Stephanie Williams
Stephanie Williams
Condé reacts to Roger Lynch’s departure & media’s new bet on women

Oct 1, 2026

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13 min read

Condé reacts to Roger Lynch’s departure & media’s new bet on women

Plus: Nischelle Turner on making history at ET.

Stephanie Williams
Stephanie Williams
Jo Ling Kent isn't letting these AI CEOs off the hook

Sep 29, 2026

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14 min read

Jo Ling Kent isn't letting these AI CEOs off the hook

Plus: the student journalists who broke the 'Cornell Seven' story and why FiDi is filling up with influencers.

Stephanie Williams
Stephanie Williams
We’re getting a next-gen CNBC for women

Sep 24, 2026

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17 min read

We’re getting a next-gen CNBC for women

Plus: A Politico reporter’s buyout leads to an unexpected second act.

Stephanie Williams
Stephanie Williams
Business Insider's former CEO Barbara Peng gets candid

Sep 22, 2026

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14 min read

Business Insider's former CEO Barbara Peng gets candid

Plus: Indeed’s CMO explains why it’s so damn hard to find a marketing job.

Stephanie Williams
Stephanie Williams
A Vogue exec exits Condé to launch new outlet & Tyra Banks’ wild Substack debut

Sep 17, 2026

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7 min read

A Vogue exec exits Condé to launch new outlet & Tyra Banks’ wild Substack debut

Plus: Inside the internet habits of influential women in media.

Stephanie Williams
Stephanie Williams
The woman behind one of the year’s most anticipated media launches

Sep 15, 2026

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11 min read

The woman behind one of the year’s most anticipated media launches

Plus: A former NPR Music reporter premieres a new documentary on Black women being pushed out of the workforce

Stephanie Williams
Stephanie Williams
27 years at ESPN. Four days to clear her desk.

Sep 10, 2026

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11 min read

27 years at ESPN. Four days to clear her desk.

Plus, how one local reporter became appointment viewing and an NBC News shakeup.

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Stephanie Williams
She finally found a job at NPR after two years of unemployment

Sep 8, 2026

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13 min read

She finally found a job at NPR after two years of unemployment

Plus: Why women covering the NFL are bracing for a tougher season, a teen magazine miss, and NOTUS’s new name.

Stephanie Williams
Stephanie Williams
Scoop: Condé Nast sued for libel over WIRED's viral surrogacy story

Sep 3, 2026

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2 min read

Scoop: Condé Nast sued for libel over WIRED's viral surrogacy story

Venture capitalist Cindy Bi says a WIRED investigation into her yearslong dispute with a surrogate contained a false and damaging claim — and that Condé's own lawyers may have known it.

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Stephanie Williams
'I felt like I was the most fired woman in Brooklyn'

Sep 3, 2026

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18 min read

'I felt like I was the most fired woman in Brooklyn'

'Fired Four' member Alma Avalle on life after Condé Nast, starting over and finding her way back to journalism.

Stephanie Williams
Stephanie Williams
The moment these women stopped putting up with their toxic media jobs

Sep 1, 2026

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9 min read

The moment these women stopped putting up with their toxic media jobs

Five women share why they walked away from toxic media workplaces, even when they weren’t sure what would come next.

Stephanie Williams
Stephanie Williams
The former CNN reporter who built her dream job — twice

Aug 27, 2026

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9 min read

The former CNN reporter who built her dream job — twice

Plus, Twitter might be coming back, y'all.

Stephanie Williams
Stephanie Williams
In a new zine, an illustrator unpacks her American Apparel past

Aug 25, 2026

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8 min read

In a new zine, an illustrator unpacks her American Apparel past

Plus: Rest in peace, Dolly. I'm devastated.

Stephanie Williams
Stephanie Williams
What it’s actually like to gossip for a living

Aug 20, 2026

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14 min read

What it’s actually like to gossip for a living

Plus: why one editor will only accept pitches over the phone and the latest on Vox's layoffs.

Stephanie Williams
Stephanie Williams
A media vet's pivot from burnout to therapy work

Aug 18, 2026

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12 min read

A media vet's pivot from burnout to therapy work

She escaped the media grind. Now she helps others recover from it.

Stephanie Williams
Stephanie Williams
Inside Versha Sharma’s years running Teen Vogue

Aug 13, 2026

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14 min read

Inside Versha Sharma’s years running Teen Vogue

Plus, ABC News’ former president plots her comeback and Alex Cooper’s beverage bust.

Stephanie Williams
Stephanie Williams
An ex-Allure editor on the unspoken rules of freebies

Aug 11, 2026

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11 min read

An ex-Allure editor on the unspoken rules of freebies

Plus, two editors-in-chief launch new publications and Us Weekly's search for a new editor post mass layoffs.

Stephanie Williams
Stephanie Williams
The $200 billion industry women are quietly reshaping

Aug 6, 2026

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12 min read

The $200 billion industry women are quietly reshaping

Plus, Vogue World heads to San Francisco — but is there more at play?

Stephanie Williams
Stephanie Williams
A former CosmoGirl editor spills the tea

Aug 4, 2026

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12 min read

A former CosmoGirl editor spills the tea

Plus, some Substack writers say their paid subscribers have fallen off a cliff.

Stephanie Williams
Stephanie Williams
A magazine editor's hiring tip & NY cracks down on ghost jobs

Jul 30, 2026

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9 min read

A magazine editor's hiring tip & NY cracks down on ghost jobs

Plus, get your dog on the cover of Vogue.

Stephanie Williams
Stephanie Williams
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