The Urban Watch is a digital magazine that focuses on the worlds of fashion, culture, and innovation. We spotlight entrepreneurs, innovators, and changemakers from any field.
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FOUNDER
Demi Vitkute – Founder & Editor-In-Chief
Demi Vitkute is a journalist and editor who co-founded The Urban Watch Magazine in 2016. Since then, the magazine has featured many noteworthy individuals and has secured media partnerships with MSN and She Media, significantly expanding its audience.
Demi has written for CNN, The Washington Post, InsideHook, GBH News, and various international publications. She also co-founded Fashion Watch, a project that investigated sexual abuse in the fashion industry, which was supported by a grant from The Brown Institute for Media Innovation. Demi is an alumna of Columbia Journalism School and Emerson College. You can follow her on Instagram @demiivit.
EDITOR
Genna Matarazzo – Editor
Genna Matarazzo has been a writer and editor for The Urban Watch Magazine since 2018, focusing on copyediting articles, headlines, social media posts, and creating video content. Her extensive background spans various forms of media, including essays, articles, scripts, pitches, and how-to guides in tech and e-commerce fields. As an avid movie enthusiast, Genna has written entertainment-themed trivia for the app BigBrain and for live events with Trivia, AD.
Genna is also a contributor to Games & Parks Industry magazine from Facto Edizioni, a leading international publisher in the leisure industry. Her coverage includes events like New York Comic Con, the SFA Summer Fancy Food Show, Toy Fair, and New York Auto Show. Additionally, Genna has served as an editor at Solomon Admissions Consulting since 2019, guiding students in their college application journeys. Genna is an alumna of Emerson College, where she earned a BA in Media Production.
THE TEAM
FOUNDER & EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Demi Vitkute.
EDITORS: Genna Matarazzo, Briana Arrighi.
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT: Emma Imanov.
CONTRIBUTORS: London Kasmir, Alice Rich, Cooper Irons, Daisy Sells, Jenny Novitzky, Julia Purcell, Katie Lambert, Marwa Najah, Megan Stott, Nadia Beketova, Prisca Ntumba, Rebecca Thumwood, Rosie Lombardi, Sherif Seda, Chermaine Sowah, Ivy Joseph, Sarah Huntington, Sophie Walker, Tiffany Chen, Ashley Tanay, Carla Davis, Rafael Ingannamonte, Charlie Pendarves, Mayun Kaluthantri, Paris Wood.