The 29-Year-Old Woman Who Now Heads The Cartoon Department Of The New Yorker Has A Tradition To Shepherd, And New Voices To Find

Emma Allen's "ability to find new voices for Daily Shouts is what first drew the attention of The New Yorker’s editor, David Remnick. 'She was bringing in people and things that I hadn’t heard before, and sometimes you need to reinvigorate parts of the magazine,' he said by phone, adding, 'We need to have a deeper exploration of the web, as far as cartooning.'"

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