First Mover: Joanna Coles

Cosmo's new editor on being scolded by HGB and the right to go bare down there (or not)

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Age 50

New gig Editor in chief, Cosmopolitan

Old gig Editor in chief, Marie Claire

You started as a reporter for The Spectator and later worked for The Guardian and The Times of London. Why did you jump to magazine editing?

Really, it was a pragmatic move. After I had my second child, I realized I couldn’t travel at the drop of a hat, which you have to be able to do as a bureau chief or New York correspondent, so I took an editing job at New York magazine.

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