{"id":98,"date":"2015-08-27T01:14:05","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T01:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.internetbrandsauto.com\/ecommerce\/?page_id=98"},"modified":"2019-08-15T14:22:08","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T21:22:08","slug":"martin-padgett","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.internetbrandsauto.com\/ecommerce\/automotive-writers\/martin-padgett\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Padgett"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Editorial Director<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/martypadgett\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.internetbrandsauto.com\/ecommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/social_twitter.png\" alt=\"Follow Marty Padgett on Twitter\" width=\"33\" height=\"33\" hspace=\"2\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.internetbrandsauto.com\/ecommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Marty-Padgett@2x.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/>Martin Padgett is Internet Brands Automotive Group\u2019s Editorial Director. He oversees the words that skim across the Group\u2019s portfolio of automotive destinations, which include The Car Connection, Motor Authority, Green Car Reports, and New Car Test Drive. Padgett is a native of Washington, D.C., an honors undergraduate of Duke University, and an MFA from the University of Georgia\u2019s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communications. Padgett is a 30-year veteran journalist, and a former editor at Car and Driver magazine, with other writing credits at AutoTrader, Edmunds, Automobile, Stuff, Outside and BusinessWeek. Padgett is a juror for the North American Car and Truck of the Year awards and is the author of three books. While you\u2019re reading this, he\u2019s on a computer or his iPhone to keep track of what\u2019s going on in the car world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.internetbrandsauto.com\/ecommerce\/automotive-writers\/\">back to Automotive Editorial Team<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editorial Director Martin Padgett is Internet Brands Automotive Group\u2019s Editorial Director. He oversees the words that skim across the Group\u2019s portfolio of automotive destinations, which include The Car Connection, Motor Authority, Green Car Reports, and New Car Test Drive. 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