Katherine is an award-winning journalist covering kids, race, gender, justice and science, and author of The Good News About Bad Behavior: Why Kids Are Less Disciplined Than Ever – And What to Do About It. Her work has appeared in the Atlantic, Mother Jones, New York Times, Parents, Slate, Washington Post and Working Mother. She’s the co-founder of the Center for Independent Journalists and the Parenting Journalists Society. For 2021-22, Katherine is an O’Brien Public Service Journalism fellow and Northwestern Medill-Garage Media Entrepreneur fellow. Past fellowships include MIT Knight Science Journalism, Education Writers Association and Logan Nonfiction Program at the Carey Institute for Global Good. Residencies include the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and Ragdale. A Harvard physics graduate, Katherine previously worked as a national correspondent for Newhouse and Bloomberg News, covering everything from work-life balance, psychology, financial and media policy to the White House. A biracial (White and Asian American) woman, she lives in the Washington D.C. area with her husband Brian and their three children.
