Coleen O'Lear
Adjunct Lecturer
Coleen O’Lear is Head of Curation and Platforms at The Washington Post, where she's worked in various roles since 2011. She currently oversees multiple teams, including the homepage, copy desk, apps and Apple News, social media, operations and SEO, and news product. She has partnered with engineering, product, design, analytics, marketing and advertising to develop products including “The 7” and By The Way, as well as managing our Snapchat Discover channel and partnership with Apple News. She has been a key partner to product and engineering for the unification of our flagship and Select apps, which is in progress. She was a founding member of the team that built the Select app in 2014.