Offbeat News

Anastasia "Misty" Kozlov

Managing Director of Websites

Misty manages Offbeat's multiple websites in six continents, with 22 languages (and growing). She speaks six languages, including Russian, English, French, Spanish, German, and Portuguese. Misty graduated Maurice Thorez Moscow State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages (now MSLU) and studied at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, New York, USA. She further keeps busy with a part-time modeling.

Alessandra Chiu

Staff Writer-Reporter

Alessandra treks the world in search of great stories. One week she's covering wild animals on the Serengeti. The next week she's doing an opera review in Moscow. Alessandra is a journalism master's degree graduate from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA.

Sasha Main

Marketing and Advertising

Sasha is the business side of Offbeat News. She is responsible for PR, contracts, and legal. Sasha earned an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA.

Samantha Smith

Bio coming soon!

Vanessa Hart

Bio coming soon!

Jonathan James

Editor in Chief and Director

Jonathan is the leader of Offbeat News. He sets the tone, style, and purpose of Offbeat. Jonathan has a journalism doctorate from the University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA. He also teaches and is involved with the JournalismAI program at the London School of Economics.