About
Jared Keller is the former managing editor of Task & Purpose. His writing has appeared in Aeon, the Los Angeles Review of Books, the New Republic, Pacific Standard, Smithsonian, and The Washington Post, among other publications.
Experience
Prior to joining Task & Purpose, Jared has worked as the social media editor for The Atlantic, the director of social media for Bloomberg News and Bloomberg Businessweek, a digital editor at Al Jazeera America, the digital director at Maxim magazine, and a contributing editor at Pacific Standard.
Education
Jared graduated from Wesleyan University in 2009 with a degree in the College of Social Studies, an interdisciplinary program focused on social theory, economics, and politics.
Highlights
When he’s not spearheading Task & Purpose’s gear review coverage, Jared covers military technology with an emphasis on the old and the weird.
Notable Works
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The inside story behind the Pentagon’s ill-fated quest for a real-life ‘Iron Man’ suit
Task & Purpose
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James Mattis’s bizarre cult of 'lethality;
The New Republic
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Disney threatens to ruin the things that made Marvel Comics special
The Washington Post
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Rescuing the lost art of 9/11
The Daily Beast
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Insider America's Auschwitz
Smithsonian
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Bo Dietl's done Fox News and Mar-a-Lago. Now he wants to be mayor of New York
The Village Voice
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The multiverse is a flat circle
Los Angeles Review of Books
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The cow tipping point
Pacific Standard