With over a decade of experience working in digtial media outlets and a certified Reiki Master, Whitney Jefferson Evans is both a pop culture aficionado and a modern-day spiritual seeker. In 2014, she began to study the energy healing method of Reiki and eventually became a Reiki Master in 2018. She spends her free time learning about other healing modalities, cooking, making art, doing yoga, Reiki, meditating, and seeking out new things to add to her arsenal of self-care.
In her day job, Whitney serves as Managing Editor of BuzzFeed.com, where she works across the website and is able to write about pop culture, wellness, and vegan food. She’s hosted shows on IFC and Sirius XM, appeared on the Today Show, CNN, MTV, VH1, HLN, Nightline, Entertainment Tonight, Extra, and had the pleasure of “bartending” on Watch What Happens Live. Over the span of her career, she has interviewed hundreds of interesting people (aka “celebrities”) and some highlights include:
interviewing Chris Pratt right before the release of Guardians of the Galaxy
chatting about vegan food and inclusiveness in the vegan community with Mena Massoud
and encouraging celebrities to participate in zany ideas (like Wendy Williams guessing celebrities from bad paintings or asking Nick Kroll to read “thirst tweets”)
Once described as “proof that someone can be both a Grace and a Frankie,” Whitney exists at the intersection of assisting others on their path of spiritual growth and being a total internet nerd with a love of TV.
Astrologically speaking — in case you were wondering — she has a Taurus sun, Scorpio rising, and Libra moon.
