Exciting announcement from Ben Tausig about hiring two new constructors for the AV Club crossword team:
The new constructors are Kameron Austin Collins and Erin Rhode. Kameron has published in the New York Times, the American Values Club, and runs his own puzzle feature, HIGH: low. Erin was director of the 2014 MIT Mystery Hunt and has published in the New York Times. The puzzles submitted by each were top-notch (the selection process was extremely difficult!), and we are proud to have them on board. We look forward to their work in the months and years to come.
Among the applications, nearly 40% came from women. In our call for submissions, we suggested that work by female and minority constructors was especially welcome, given historical and continuing underrepresentation. It is exciting that, in 2016, there is reason to be optimistic for diversity in the puzzle community.
You can read more about Kameron and Erin at The Observer.