BuzzFeed Taps Karolina Waclawiak as Editor in Chief of News Division

BuzzFeed is about to call its prime tradition editor, Karolina Waclawiak, as editor in chief of its newsroom, folks aware of the matter stated, tapping a veteran insider to steer a division that has been coping with adjustments in management and technique.

Ms. Waclawiak, who has been with BuzzFeed for six years, will take over a newsroom that lower its enamel on huge investigative swings—together with a Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of articles about China’s infrastructure for detaining Muslims in its Xinjiang area—however has been shrinking of late as the now-public BuzzFeed is trying to increase profitability.