David Canfield

Title: Former Staff Editor

Education: New College of Florida

David Canfield is a former movies staff editor at Entertainment Weekly. He left EW in 2021.
He joined EW as an editorial assistant in 2017, and was promoted to associate editor in 2018. He became staff editor for movie coverage in 2019, specializing in Oscar season and cohosting The Awardist podcast.
He has previous experience at Vulture, Slate magazine, and IndieWire.

Experience

David Canfield joined Entertainment Weekly in 2017 as an editorial assistant. He was promoted to associate editor the following year, writing features and reviews for the brand's Books section. He was also the cohost of the EW radio show Shelf Life. David then became a movies editor at Entertainment Weekly, with special interest in Oscars coverage. Additionally, he hosted The Awardist podcast for EW. He left EW in 2021.

He previously worked as an intern at both IndieWire and Slate magazine before becoming a news reporter at Vulture.

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