Pamela Ferdinand

I am an experienced Chicago-based journalist and author available for writing and editing assignments. I pride myself on having a keen editor's eye and writing clear, accurate, and engaging prose. As a journalist for major U.S. newspapers and magazines - including The Washington Post, Boston Globe, and Miami Herald - for more than a decade, I have covered everything from elections, education, parenting and plane crashes to hurricanes, hackers, and neuroscience. I served as The Washington Post's New England correspondent in Boston for six years and was one of 10 international journalists selected for a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I also have contributed to National Geographic News, The Economist, Boston Magazine, NPR, Slate’s DoubleX, and FRONTLINE, and co-authored a triple memoir that Oprah’s O Magazine dubbed “A Tome of the Brave.”

Awards

Pulitzer Prize (National Desk, The Washington Post), Pulitzer Prize finalist (The Miami Herald), Chicago Writer's Association Best Traditional Nonfiction Book of the Year

Associations

Society of Professional Journalists