Tanya Pai
Former Director of Newsroom Standards and Ethics
Tanya Pai headed the standards team at Vox, focusing on copy editing, fact-checking, inclusive language and sourcing, and newsroom standards and ethics issues. She’s a founder of Language, Please, a free resource for journalists and storytellers focused on thoughtful language use. (She also occasionally writes about puppies, holiday songs, gambling, and other random topics.)
She started at Vox in 2015 as its copy chief and staunchest defender of the serial comma; before that, she worked at Washingtonian and Boston magazines. She holds a master’s degree in publishing and writing from Emerson College.
Latest articles by Tanya Pai
A few things you might not know about Easter’s favorite candy.
A few things you may not know about the song — and the actual 12 days of Christmas.
For more than 40 years, the character entertained kids and adults alike with his cockeyed comedic sensibility.
For some countries, the day after Christmas is a holiday in its own right.
Weinstein was the first high-profile man to be convicted in the current phase of the Me Too movement.
Join me as we contemplate the root of its popularity, and our own mortality.
How Super Bowl Sunday’s most adorable tradition evolved from counterprogramming into a major event in its own right.
You’re statistically more likely to be struck by lightning or be elected president of the United States. But people keep buying tickets anyway.
Here’s 3 minutes of people getting pied in the face, courtesy of Laurel and Hardy.
Two sexual health specialists explain the allure of the edible aphrodisiac.