Resume

EXPERIENCE:

Newsweek Magazine:
Articles Editor (Present; in various positions since 2006)

• Report, write and produce feature content and online build-out for Newsweek and Newsweek.com.
• Solely responsible for Index: a one-page assessment of the winners and losers in the week’s news.
• Conceived, launched, write and edit equalitymyth.com, which attracted over 2,000 followers within three months and is now a vertical on Newsweek.com.
• Recent feature stories include an exhaustive report on gender bias at Newsweek, a reported essay on the relevance of marriage, and a cover-length story on the role of women in the global economy.
• From 2006-2008, served as reporter and assistant editor for Newsweek International, and as a research assistant for Fareed Zakaria.

Contribute Magazine:
Reporter-at-Large (12/05-12/07)

• Writer, reporter, and editor for a start-up magazine covering non-profits and philanthropy. Closely engaged in every aspect of publication, including editorial content, design, and brand development.

Institute for Children and Poverty
Author:

• “Moving On, Moving Up: Families Beyond Shelter,” a book tracing the stories of women who moved from homelessness to self-sufficiency (White Tiger Press, 2006); and “Voyage to Shelter Cove,” an illustrated book designed to teach children about homelessness (White Tiger Press, 2005).

Assistant Editor, Journal of Children and Poverty (12/02-05/06)

• Wrote and edited book reviews, academic articles, books, and op-eds for bi-annual sociological journal and public policy think tank associated with homeless service provider Homes for the Homeless.

United Press International
Intern, United Nations Bureau (08/05-01/06)

• Covered United Nations proceedings and breaking international news.

Human Rights First
Tow Foundation Intern (01/01-06/01)

• Interviewed asylum-seekers; wrote synopses of political asylum claims, corroborating events, and overall human rights conditions. Recipient of a grant from the Tow Foundation.

EDUCATION:

Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (M.S. 2007)

• M.S. in Magazine Journalism. One of two students to receive honors in selective courses: the Literature of Non-Fiction and Narrative Writing. Selected for Covering Religion, a competitive class which included a two-week reporting trip to India.

Barnard College, Columbia University (B.A. 2001)

• B.A. cum laude, English. Creative writing concentration. Graduated with special departmental honors.

Appearances, Skills, Interests, and Honors:

• Frequent guest on TV and radio programs including MSNBC, NPR affiliates, and Michael Medved.
• Featured speaker at Princeton University’s 2010 Women in Theory conference.
• Featured panelist, with Eleanor Clift, at EMILY’s List’s 2010 conference.
• Valedictorian, Proctor Academy class of 1997. 
• Proficient in French, basic Czech and Hindi. Avid traveler and have lived in: Avignon, France; Tangier, Morocco; Delhi, India; Prague, Czech Republic. Semester at Sea. Outward Bound alumna.