Pamela Ferdinand

Author. Editor. Journalist. I am an experienced Chicago-based journalist, editor 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 English language newspapers and magazines including The Washington Post, Boston Globe, and Miami Herald, 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. As a freelance writer, I have contributed to major national magazines as well as National Geographic News, The Economist, Boston Magazine, NPR, Slate’s DoubleX, and FRONTLINE, among others. I also co-authored a triple memoir (Little, Brown & Co.) that Oprah’s O Magazine dubbed “A Tome of the Brave" a

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

The Washington Post (10+), The Boston Globe (10+), The Miami Herald (10+), National Geographic News (3-5), The Economist (6-10), The Huffington Post (1-2), Slate (1-2), Nature.com (1-2), MSN.com (1-2), This Old House (3-5), Boston Magazine (6-10), The Daily Mail (1-2)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Private clients (10+), Northwestern University (3-5), American Cancer Society (3-5)

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