Kathryn Schulz
Encyclopedia
Kathryn Schulz is an American journalist and author.
, The Nation
, Foreign Policy
, and The Boston Globe
, among other publications. She writes “The Wrong Stuff,” a blog on Slate (magazine)
, and contributes to the Freakonomics blog at The New York Times
.
Schulz began her career in journalism writing for the now-defunct Feed Magazine
, one of the earliest online magazines. From 2001 to 2006, she was the editor of the online environmental magazine Grist (magazine). Prior to that, she was a reporter and editor for The Santiago Times
, of Santiago, Chile, where she covered environmental, labor, and human rights issues. She was a 2004 recipient of the Pew Fellowship in International Journalism (now the International Reporting Project
), and has reported from throughout Central and South America, Japan and the Middle East. Schulz is a graduate of Brown University
. Schulz was born and raised in Shaker Heights, Ohio
, and currently resides in New York state.
Reviewing her book Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error, Dwight Garner
wrote "Ms. Schulz’s book is a funny and philosophical meditation on why error is mostly a humane, courageous and extremely desirable human trait. She flies high in the intellectual skies, leaving beautiful sunlit contrails." Daniel Gilbert described her as "a warm, witty and welcome presence who confides in her readers rather than lecturing them. It doesn’t hurt that she combines lucid prose with perfect comic timing...."
Biography
Kathryn Schulz is a journalist whose freelance writing has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Rolling StoneRolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
, The Nation
The Nation
The Nation is the oldest continuously published weekly magazine in the United States. The periodical, devoted to politics and culture, is self-described as "the flagship of the left." Founded on July 6, 1865, It is published by The Nation Company, L.P., at 33 Irving Place, New York City.The Nation...
, Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy is a bimonthly American magazine founded in 1970 by Samuel P. Huntington and Warren Demian Manshel.Originally, the magazine was a quarterly...
, and The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe is an American daily newspaper based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Boston Globe has been owned by The New York Times Company since 1993...
, among other publications. She writes “The Wrong Stuff,” a blog on Slate (magazine)
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...
, and contributes to the Freakonomics blog at The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
.
Schulz began her career in journalism writing for the now-defunct Feed Magazine
Feed Magazine
Feed or feedmag.com was one of the earliest e-zines that relied entirely on its original online content. Feed was founded by Stefanie Syman and Steven Johnson in 1995, and soon found a devoted online following. The zine had daily content, and focused on media, pop culture, technology, science and...
, one of the earliest online magazines. From 2001 to 2006, she was the editor of the online environmental magazine Grist (magazine). Prior to that, she was a reporter and editor for The Santiago Times
The Santiago Times
The Santiago Times is an English-language newspaper published in Santiago, Chile that reports news in Chile and the other parts of Latin America. It is part of The Chilean Information Project reporting on environmental, social and economic issues within Chile...
, of Santiago, Chile, where she covered environmental, labor, and human rights issues. She was a 2004 recipient of the Pew Fellowship in International Journalism (now the International Reporting Project
International Reporting Project
The International Reporting Project is a project at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University that aims to fund independent journalistic coverage of "under-reported" events around the world...
), and has reported from throughout Central and South America, Japan and the Middle East. Schulz is a graduate of Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
. Schulz was born and raised in Shaker Heights, Ohio
Shaker Heights, Ohio
Shaker Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the city population was 28,448. It is an inner-ring streetcar suburb of Cleveland that abuts the city on its eastern side.-Topography:Shaker Heights is located at...
, and currently resides in New York state.
Reviewing her book Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error, Dwight Garner
Dwight Garner (critic)
Dwight Garner is an American journalist, now a literary critic for The New York Times. Prior to that he was senior editor at the New York Times Book Review, where he worked from 1999 to 2009...
wrote "Ms. Schulz’s book is a funny and philosophical meditation on why error is mostly a humane, courageous and extremely desirable human trait. She flies high in the intellectual skies, leaving beautiful sunlit contrails." Daniel Gilbert described her as "a warm, witty and welcome presence who confides in her readers rather than lecturing them. It doesn’t hurt that she combines lucid prose with perfect comic timing...."
Selected Articles
- “The United Mistakes of America,” The New York Times, July 28, 2010
- “The Bright Side of Wrong,” The Boston Globe, June 13, 2010
- “Thanks for Admitting the Blindingly Obvious,” The New York Times, June 8, 2010
- “Life in Hell,” Foreign Policy, January 12, 2010
- “Billy Jean in Baghdad,” The Huffington Post, November 16, 2009
- “Brave Neuro World,” The Nation, January 9, 2006
- “Did Antidepressants Depress Japan?”, The New York Times Magazine, August 22, 2004
- “Being Left: Reflections on Love and Politics,” The Nation, December 20, 2004
- “Medium Rare: Kathryn Schulz Reviews David Quammen’s Monster of God,” Grist, November 18, 2003