 Andrew Beaujon of the Poynter Institute cited Patel's work at "The Verge" as an example of how lawyer-journalists are useful for news websites.In 2011 Patel left "Engadget" along with a few co-workers to create "The Verge".In March 2014 he left "The Verge" to join sister site "Vox", then he returned in July 2014 and became Editor-in-Chief of "The Verge", after Joshua Topolsky left the position to work at Bloomberg.