Brianna Kovan
Brianna Kovan is the Deputy Editor of Entertainment and Features at Bustle. She oversees the site’s entertainment coverage and works on larger editorial projects (e.g., So You Want To Quit Your Job). In 2021, she contributed to the package How To Move To The Suburbs, which won a Front Page Award from The Newswomen’s Club Of New York.
Before joining Bustle, Brianna was the culture editor at ELLE magazine, where she led the publication’s books coverage, wrote the monthly travel pages, and interviewed a hodgepodge of actors and cultural figures. During her time there, ELLE was nominated for a 2017 ASME Award for General Excellence.
Brianna has also been a freelance copy-editor and has written for Ms., Kinfolk, Bitch, and Boat magazines, among other outlets. You can read more about her work at www.briannakovan.com or follow her on LinkedIn.
She graduated from the Columbia Publishing Course and the University of Michigan, where she studied English and Women’s Studies.
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