Ray Wert is the Editor in Chief

Editor in chief

An editor-in-chief is a publication's primary editor, having final responsibility for the operations and policies. Additionally, the editor-in-chief is held accountable for delegating tasks to staff members as well as keeping up with the time it takes them to complete their task...

 of the Gawker Media

Gawker Media

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 owned automotive website Jalopnik

Jalopnik

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. He was previously a senior staffer for Michigan

Michigan

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 Governor Jennifer Granholm

Jennifer Granholm

Jennifer Mulhern Granholm is a Canadian-born American politician, educator, and author who served as Attorney General and 47th Governor of the U.S. state of Michigan. A member of the Democratic Party, Granholm became Michigan's first female governor on January 1, 2003, when she succeeded Governor...

, as well as a campaign organizer on staff for Presidential candidate John Kerry

John Kerry

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. Ray Wert also has written for The New York Times

The New York Times

The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...

, Popular Mechanics

Popular Mechanics

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 and is a regular contributor to various CNBC

CNBC

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 shows such as On the Money

On the Money

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. Wert splits his time between New York City

New York City

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 and metro Detroit.
Wert provided some on screen commentary for the 2011 film Revenge of the Electric Car

Revenge of the Electric Car

Revenge of the Electric Car is a 2011 feature documentary film by Chris Paine, who also directed Who Killed the Electric Car?. The documentary, executive produced by Stefano Durdic, and produced by PG Morgan and Jessie Deeter, had its world premiere at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival on Earth Day,...

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