Amanda Ripley
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Amanda Ripley, a longtime TIME magazine
contributor, travels the world studying risk, terrorism, human behavior, and education. Her 2008 book, The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - and Why is the first major book to explain how brain works in disasters—and how we can do better. The Unthinkable is a 2008 Hudson Booksellers' Best Nonfiction Book
Most recently, Ripley explored education, asking "What Makes a Great Teacher?" in The Atlantic.
Before joining Time, Ripley covered the D.C. court system for Washington City Paper
and reported on Capitol Hill for Congressional Quarterly
. She has contributed to the New York Times Magazine, the Washington Monthly, Time Out, The Atlantic, and Slate
.
Her Hurricane Katrina reporting helped Time win two National Magazine Awards. She has also received awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, the Newswomen's Club of New York and the Washington Monthly, and she is a two-time Livingston Award
finalist. She served as deputy bureau chief for Times D.C. office in 2006. Ripley graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Cornell University
in 1996 with a B.A. in government.
Time (magazine)
Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong...
contributor, travels the world studying risk, terrorism, human behavior, and education. Her 2008 book, The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - and Why is the first major book to explain how brain works in disasters—and how we can do better. The Unthinkable is a 2008 Hudson Booksellers' Best Nonfiction Book
Most recently, Ripley explored education, asking "What Makes a Great Teacher?" in The Atlantic.
Before joining Time, Ripley covered the D.C. court system for Washington City Paper
Washington City Paper
The Washington City Paper is a U.S. alternative weekly newspaper serving the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.Founded in 1981, and published for its first year under the masthead 1981, taking the City Paper name in volume 2, by Russ Smith, it shared ownership with the Chicago Reader from 1982...
and reported on Capitol Hill for Congressional Quarterly
Congressional Quarterly
Congressional Quarterly, Inc., or CQ, is a privately owned publishing company that produces a number of publications reporting primarily on the United States Congress...
. She has contributed to the New York Times Magazine, the Washington Monthly, Time Out, The Atlantic, and Slate
Slate (magazine)
Slate is a US-based English language online current affairs and culture magazine created in 1996 by former New Republic editor Michael Kinsley, initially under the ownership of Microsoft as part of MSN. On 21 December 2004 it was purchased by the Washington Post Company...
.
Her Hurricane Katrina reporting helped Time win two National Magazine Awards. She has also received awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, the Newswomen's Club of New York and the Washington Monthly, and she is a two-time Livingston Award
Livingston Award
The Livingston Awards are American journalism awards issued to media professionals under the age of 35 for local, national, and international reporting...
finalist. She served as deputy bureau chief for Times D.C. office in 2006. Ripley graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
in 1996 with a B.A. in government.
External links
- "Learning to Be Your Own Best Defense in a Disaster" Tara Parker-Pope. The New York Times. August 5, 2008. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/05/health/05well.html
- "Identifying Who Survives Disasters — And Why" Neda Ulaby. NPR. July 22, 2008. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92616679
- "How to survive a disaster." Robert Crampton. The Times. June 21, 2008. http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article4149935.ece
- "Q&A with Amanda Ripley, author of The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes — and Why" http://www.getreadyforflu.org/pg_advice_ripley.htm
- Official Site: www.AmandaRipley.com http://www.amandaripley.com
- '"Interview with Diane Rehm." The Diane Rehm Show. June 18, 2008. http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2008-06-18/amanda-ripley-unthinkable-crown
- "The Answer Sheet: What Makes an Effective Teacher?" Valerie Strauss. The Washington Post. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/teachers/what-makes-an-effective-teache.html