Executive Director and Acting Editor, Johnny Burtka, announced a major addition to the TAC editorial operation this morning. Washington-area writer and author, Helen Andrews, will be joining the team as Senior Editor on May 1^st.

In making the announcement, Burtka said, “With this move, The American Conservative is equipped better than ever before to provide the smartest political and cultural commentary in the right-of-center space. Helen is a longtime friend and alumnus of the publication, having served as an intern at the magazine back in 2009. We couldn’t be more thrilled to welcome her to the team.”

Helen Andrews is the author of a forthcoming book about the Baby Boomers to be published by Sentinel this fall. She has worked at the Washington Examiner and National Review and as a think tank researcher at the Centre for Independent Studies in Sydney, Australia. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies from Yale University. Her work has appeared in The  New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, First Things, The Claremont Review of Books, Hedgehog Review, and many others.  You can follow her on Twitter at @herandrews.

In her new role, Helen will write regularly for the print and web publication and co-host a new TAC podcast, Right Now, with Arthur Bloom and Ryan Girdusky that’s set to launch in early May.