Sommer Mathis (@sommermathis) is moving from the Washingtonian, where she was online director, to become editor of the brand new TheAtlanticCities.com

TheAtlanticCities.com will be The Atlantic‘s online, urban focused forum with Mathis leading the charge into the publication’s first single-topic forum.

Mathias starts July 11 with the site’s launch set for July 13. 

h/t Aaron Morrissey (@amorrissey) for tweeting the news.