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Sam Kirkland is a product manager at BuzzFeed, currently leading its mobile app team. He was previously a member of the editorial launch team for the BuzzFeed News app, and helped launch BuzzFeedNews.com. Previously of Poynter and the Chicago Sun-Times, he has a master’s in journalism from Medill.