About me
I am a freelance writer and editor currently based in New York. I edited The Architecture of Privacy (O'Reilly, 2015), an exploration of how software teams can build privacy-protective features into the core part of product functionality. I'm also a senior editor at The Brooklyn Quarterly, a magazine of literature and public ideas. I love digging into and understanding complex ideas, and communicating them to new audiences.
Previously, I served as the Clay Felker Fellow at Duke Magazine, where I covered all aspects of the university's activities and campus life. I edited several sections, and worked on both long and short features. I was instrumental in the magazine's print and web redesigns, and managed our online editorial process. I completed a dual M.A. in Journalism and Religious Studies at New York University's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute as part of the Institute's Global and Joint Program Studies. My master’s thesis was an in-depth study of the effects of higher education on ethnic and religious identities among Bedouin women in the Israeli Negev. My writing has been published in the literary blog of The New Yorker, The New Inquiry, ESPN the Magazine, The Revealer, and Field & Stream, among others.
My passion for great storytelling extends beyond journalism. I produced my first full-length play, Abraham's Daughters, at the New York International Fringe Festival. I also directed my short one-act play, Migration, in an NYU play festival. When I'm not writing, I'm trying my hand at glassblowing, and training capoeira.
Previously, I served as the Clay Felker Fellow at Duke Magazine, where I covered all aspects of the university's activities and campus life. I edited several sections, and worked on both long and short features. I was instrumental in the magazine's print and web redesigns, and managed our online editorial process. I completed a dual M.A. in Journalism and Religious Studies at New York University's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute as part of the Institute's Global and Joint Program Studies. My master’s thesis was an in-depth study of the effects of higher education on ethnic and religious identities among Bedouin women in the Israeli Negev. My writing has been published in the literary blog of The New Yorker, The New Inquiry, ESPN the Magazine, The Revealer, and Field & Stream, among others.
My passion for great storytelling extends beyond journalism. I produced my first full-length play, Abraham's Daughters, at the New York International Fringe Festival. I also directed my short one-act play, Migration, in an NYU play festival. When I'm not writing, I'm trying my hand at glassblowing, and training capoeira.
Left and right photos above, © 2013 Elissa Lerner; Center photo © Kaija B. Braus
