Versha Sharma

Editor in Chief, Teen Vogue

Sharma is a keynote speaker at the 25th ISOJ, happening from April 12 – 13, 2024, both online and in person at the University of Texas at Austin.

Versha Sharma is the editor in chief of Teen Vogue, where she is focused on covering social justice, culture, fashion and politics through the lens of young people. Previously, she was managing editor and senior correspondent at NowThis, where she led audience growth across platforms, working at the social video-first company since 2014. She won the Edward R. Murrow award for her documentary work about the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico as part of the NowThis Reports team. Prior to joining NowThis, she worked as a reporter and editor for Vocativ, where she managed a team of international reporters. She covered the 2012 U.S. presidential election for MSNBC and began her journalism career as an intern for Talking Points Memo in 2009.