Jen Chung co-created Gothamist in 2002 with Jake Dobkin, establishing it as a website about New York City and everything that happens in it and an essential must-read for New Yorkers. She also launched sites across the country and world, including DCist, LAist, and Londonist. She loves learning about NYC arcana and meeting bodega cats. She is currently Senior Editor of NYC Accountability in the Gothamist + WNYC newsroom.

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New York Philharmonic appoints Venezuelan superstar Gustavo Dudamel its next music director

Presently music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Opéra National de Paris, Gustavo Dudamel will come to New York as music director designate in 2025-26, and takes over the following season.