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| Meet the Staff |
Constance Hale, editor
Born in Hawaii, Connie left the islands for Princeton University and then UC-Berkeley for a master’s degree in journalism. She has worked at various newspapers, including the San Francisco Examiner, as well as at Wired and Health magazines. Her writing has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Atlantic Monthly and National Geographic Adventure. She is the author of two books on language, Sin and Syntax and Wired Style, and directs the narrative program at the Nieman Foundation. Connie’s approach toward language and writing has a lot to do with her growing up in Hawaii. She is fascinated by non-standard Englishes and idiosyncratic voices, whether the blunt wit of Mark Twain, the rhyming jive of Muhammad Ali, the erudite Spanglish of novelist Junot Diaz, or the startling sentences of James Salter and Susan Orlean. |
Barbara McCarthy, Web communications specialist
After five years in the community newspaper industry — in such positions as writer, copy editor, and managing editor — Barbara McCarthy made the move into the virtual newsroom. Her first online job was at Community Newspaper Company and Townonline.com. When the dotcom bubble burst and layoffs ensued, her online career took her into various marketing opportunities, including software, travel and tourism, and higher education. She's come full-circle at the Nieman Foundation, where she can indulge in her passion for the Web all the while rubbing elbows with successful journalists. |
Andrea Pitzer, deputy editor
Andrea Pitzer learned from her family to love the media: her grandparents owned a bookstore, and her mother was a print reporter who became a local news anchor. After graduation from Georgetown University and a year as a music critic, she edited a newsletter on violence research. Her work has appeared most recently in The Washington Post Magazine and USA TODAY. After spending this academic year in Cambridge as an affiliate of the Nieman Foundation, she will return to Falls Church, Virginia, where she is a freelance reporter. |
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