In This Article View All In This Article Who We Are Meet the Editorial Team Editorial Guidelines Fact Checking Corrections Sourcing Independence and Impartiality Product Reviews Originality Diversity Pledge Leadership/Ownership Structure and Funding Contact Us About Us Photo: Fadil Berisha Who We Are At MarthaStewart.com, we embrace our founder's curious, innovative, and boundary-breaking spirit and infuse it into all of our content and platforms. It's our mission to teach and inspire you to design the life you want. We believe the joy is in the doing. On MarthaStewart.com, you'll find tested-until-perfected recipes, DIY projects, gardening ideas, easy entertaining tips, beauty advice, and wedding inspiration. We'll also help you celebrate the holidays, keep you informed on health news, and encourage you to refresh your home with design advice and cleaning tips. Our founder, Martha Stewart, is an entrepreneur, a best-selling author of 99 (to date) lifestyle books, an Emmy Award–winning television show host, and a creator of the first multi-channel lifestyle company, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. She's been a household name for over four decades, beginning in 1982 with the release of Entertaining by Martha Stewart. The success of that first book ultimately led to the creation of Martha Stewart Living in 1990. She went on to create additional magazines, including Martha Stewart Weddings in 1995, and launch a successful merchandising business with products for the home sold at multiple retail and online outlets. Today, she works with her talented staff to provide trusted, timely and useful information to help make all aspects of everyday living a little easier, more beautiful, and more inspiring for her readers. Meet the Editorial Team Our editorial team is comprised of experts in various fields including food and entertaining, home, gardening, beauty, weddings, and more. All of our editors have worked at various publications and media outlets. Allie Giordano General Manager Allie Giordano is the General Manager of Martha Stewart, Daily Paws, and The Spruce Pets at Dotdash Meredith where she is responsible for brand performance and business strategy. Allie has spent most of her career in advertising, focusing on managing and training sales support teams and building strategic partnerships with agency and brand clients. Read more Melissa Breyer Editorial Director Melissa Breyer is the editorial director at Martha Stewart. She has been a writer and editor in digital lifestyle media since 2007. Prior to that, she worked in print, writing for magazines and editing books. She joined Martha Stewart in 2023 after nearly a decade as editorial director for the award-winning green living site Treehugger. Read more Abbie Harrison Associate Editorial Director Abbie Harrison is a writer and editor who has worked in digital lifestyle media since 2020. Before that, she worked in print and digital communications at the National Cancer Institute. She joined Martha Stewart in 2024 after four years with the pet sites Daily Paws and The Spruce Pets. Read more Maggie Andrew Associate Director of Social Media Maggie Andrew is the Associate Director of Social Media at Martha Stewart with nearly a decade of editorial experience. She has managed accounts with a combined 20 million+ social followers, including People Magazine, Yahoo Entertainment + Lifestyle, Team USA, and the LX Collection. Read more Victoria Spencer Senior Food Editor As Senior Digital Food Editor for MarthaStewart.com, Victoria oversees all food, cooking, and holiday entertaining content. She manages the Martha Stewart recipe archive and is always curious about new ingredients and the best techniques. She has been working in food media for over 20 years. Read more Jamie Cuccinelli Senior Editor Jamie Cuccinelli is a Senior Editor at Martha Stewart with over a decade of experience in editorial content creation and lifestyle journalism. Her work has appeared within various digital and print publications including The Knot, Bustle, The Zoe Report, Brides, MyDomaine, TODAY.com, New York Moves Magazine, and more. With a focus on lifestyle and home content, her daily to-dos include growing site viewership and finding that Martha Stewart-approved duvet you didn’t know your bedroom needed. Read more Helena Madden Senior Editor Helena Madden is an editor and award-winning writer with nearly a decade of experience in luxury lifestyle and home design journalism. She previously held positions at Robb Report and Elle Decor magazines, where she covered everything from kitchen trend reports to celebrity homes. She joins Martha Stewart with a strong background in digital content creation and expert tips aplenty for your next home makeover. Read more Madeline Buiano Editor In her current role as editor, Madeline researches and writes a range of content across verticals. She spends most of her time focusing on gardening, cleaning, and home content, and enjoys diving deep into these topics to produce quality content for readers. She also contributes to news by ideating, pitching, and writing timely content. Read more Olivia McIntosh Associate Editor Olivia McIntosh is a writer and editor who has worked as a lifestyle content writer and digital marketer since 2020 for B2B and B2C companies. She joined Martha Stewart as an associate editor in September 2024. Read more Editorial Guidelines Our editors and writers constantly seek out what's new and exciting in the worlds of food, home design, gardening, crafts, pets, health, wellness, beauty, weddings, and more. Our editorial staff takes great pride in our work and strives to create original, authoritative, and well-researched content free of ethical concerns, conflicts, and misinformation. If you see something that doesn't seem up to date or accurate, please contact us at [email protected]. We uphold the principles of the Dotdash Meredith Content Integrity Promise including the following editorial policies: Fact Checking As part of the editorial process, our writers interview relevant, qualified sources for stories, then verify all information and data included in their final stories. We strive to provide proper context and background information to help our readers. All stories are then reviewed and edited by at least two editors; we assess content for grammar, accuracy, readability, and relevance. All recipes created for and featured on MarthaStewart.com are tested until perfected by our food editors and test kitchen for accuracy and clarity. If you have noticed an issue with a specific piece of content, please bring it to our attention at [email protected]. Corrections Our editorial team is committed to producing high quality, factual content. If there is a factual error in a story, we will correct it as soon as possible. All corrections will be clearly labeled as such and will include what changes were made and when. When an article is factually correct but the language is not as clear or detailed as necessary, the story may be updated without an editor's note. Timely news stories generally cover a distinct event in time, so they are not routinely updated. Our editorial team consistently reevaluates and updates evergreen content to ensure it is timely, accurate, and relevant. The date-stamp at the top of each article reflects when it was last updated. If you believe you have found an error, please notify us at [email protected]. Sourcing Our editorial staff adheres to strict standards for sourcing information. We rely on current and reputable primary sources, such as expert interviews, government organizations, and professional and academic institutions. All data points, facts, and claims are backed up by at least one reputable source. A cornerstone of our reporting and sourcing is to consider often overlooked perspectives from BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and women. Our content strives to serve all communities. Independence and Impartiality MarthaStewart.com believes in independent, fair, and impartial journalism. Our editors and writers are held accountable to a high standard of honesty and transparency, and our original editorial content is not influenced by our advertisers. As such, we maintain a strict separation between advertising and editorial content. We use a "Sponsored Content" label to make it clear that a story is provided by or on behalf of an advertiser or sponsor. Dotdash Meredith editors and writers, including the MarthaStewart.com team, are prohibited from giving preferential treatment to any outside company, publication, or website based on their relationship with the person who authors or owns that resource. Our editors and writers are also responsible for disclosing potential conflicts of interest that might compromise their ability to share fair and impartial information. Naturally, Martha Stewart has an economic interest in Martha Stewart branded products. If a connection between Martha Stewart and one of her branded or endorsed products is not obvious, we will disclose the relationship or connection in the content. Product Reviews All product reviews on MarthaStewart.com are independent and based on research and/or product testing conducted by our editors and writers. We share the products we love and that we think you, our readers, will love, too. If you visit certain links within our content, we may receive commissions from your purchases. We never receive compensation for recommending products within our content. Originality We strive to create original, helpful, and fair content on MarthaStewart.com, which means our stories must be verified, properly attributed, and may not infringe the copyright or anyone's intellectual property rights. Any suggestion of plagiarism is investigated fully and is grounds for dismissal. We expect all contributors on the network to abide by all applicable laws, standards, and accepted journalistic practices including: Society of Professional Journalists Ethics Code Copyright Law of the United States FTC Guidelines on Disclosures Fair Use At MarthaStewart.com, we aspire to provide the highest quality content produced by humans, for humans. It is against our guidelines to publish automatically generated content using AI (artificial intelligence) writing tools such as ChatGPT. Diversity Pledge The Martha Stewart brand believes that every human being deserves respect, representation, and opportunity. We are committed to amplifying BIPOC and LGBTQ+ voices, both in terms of our writers and sources, imagery, and the photographers, stylists, and freelancers we hire to work on our content. View our Diversity Pledge in its entirety. Leadership/Ownership Structure and Funding MarthaStewart.com and its related interactive properties are operated and managed by Dotdash Meredith, the largest digital and print publisher in America and an operating business of IAC. Dotdash Meredith manages and operates the Martha Stewart interactive properties pursuant to a Licensing Agreement between Dotdash Meredith and Marquee Brands. Marquee Brands is a leading global brand owner and marketer, owned by investor funds managed by Neuberger Berman, one of the world's leading employee-owned investment managers. Marquee Brands acquired the Martha Stewart brand in 2019. Dotdash Meredith is the largest digital and print publisher in America. From mobile to magazines, nearly 200 million people trust us to help them make decisions, take action, and find inspiration. 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