About Us

Capital is an online news publication about how things work in New York, founded in 2010. We report on important local people and institutions, with the aim of sustaining a conversation with a knowing audience about things they don't already know. 

We are:

Josh Benson
Co-editor, founder

Tom McGeveran
Co-editor, founder

Bianca Janosevic
President

Mike Gibb
Director of Sales and Business Development

Gillian Reagan
Public editor

J. Gabriel Boylan
Culture editor

Azi Paybarah
Senior writer

Reid Pillifant
Senior writer

Joe Pompeo
Senior writer

Dana Rubinstein
Senior writer

Adam Riggs
Director

Lockhart Steele
Director

Andrew Rasiej
Chief adviser

Our writers-at-large are:
Steven Boone
Seth Colter Walls
Greg Hanlon
Kevin Heldman
Katharine Jose
Steve Kornacki
Howard Megdal
Sheila O'Malley
Eliza Shapiro
Mark Sullivan
Zachary Woolfe

Our illustrators are:
Alexandra Citrin
Trenton Duerksen
Cameron Lewis

Our designers are:
hazan+company

Our developers are:
Alley Interactive