Zach Stafford
About
Zach Stafford is an award-winning journalist, editor, and Tony award-winning producer of the Broadway musical A STRANGE LOOP. He currently cohosts Vibe Check from Stitcher Podcasts, with Saeed Jones and Sam Sanders.
Prior to these roles, he was the co-host of the Buzzfeed News' morning show AM to DM and editor-in-chief of The Advocate. He served as the chief content officer of Grindr and editor-in-chief of INTO, the former LGBTQ digital magazine. He has also served as the editor-at-large of Out and was a journalist at The Guardian where his reporting on police brutality won numerous awards.
Zach regularly provides commentary on radio and podcasts and has appeared on the BBC, CNN and The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. He is also the co-editor of the book Boys, An Anthology and executive producer/host of the documentary Boystown.
In 2019, he was named to the Forbes' 30 Under 30 and was listed as one of the 100 most influential living African Americans by The Root.
