Whitney Tilden Jefferson and James Anderson Laird Evans are to be married Sept. 23 at Gary’s Lofts, a photography studio and events space in New York. Eric Knudsen, a Universal Life minister, is to officiate.
Ms. Jefferson, 33, is a deputy editorial director and director of pop culture for BuzzFeed in New York. She graduated from the University of Connecticut in Hartford.
She is the daughter of Cathie S. Jefferson and Roy M. Jefferson of Deep River, Conn. The bride’s father, who is retired, was a business development manager for the Ford Motor Company in New Haven. Her mother is a town zoning officer for Deep River and Killingsworth, Conn.
Mr. Evans, 35, who is known as Anderson, is a marketing and design manager for Radformation, a start-up company that develops cancer treatment software in New York. He is also a multimedia programming lecturer at the Borough of Manhattan Community College. He graduated from the New School and received a master’s degree in liberal studies from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
He is the son of Patricia S. Evans and Stephen L. Evans of Chattanooga, Tenn. The groom’s mother, who is retired, was an owner of the Sky Harbor Bavarian Inn, a hotel in Chattanooga. His father, who is also retired, worked in Chattanooga as a shipping manager for Bunge, an agricultural company based in White Plains.
The couple met in 2009 at a media party hosted by the gossip website Gawker at Sweet & Vicious, a bar in New York. The bride was an associate editor for Gawker.TV and the groom was an incoming video intern.
