PROFILE

Katherine Reynolds Lewis is the special projects editor at the Greater Good Science Center. She is an award-winning science journalist with bylines in the Atlantic, Fortune, New York Times, Undark, and Washington Post. Her book, The Good News About Bad Behavior, grew out of Mother Jones’s most-read story. She’s the founder of the Institute for Independent Journalists, whose mission is the financial and emotional sustainability of freelancers of color. A columnist for Nieman Reports on media careers and equity in journalism, she has taught courses or lectured at the journalism schools of American University, Marquette University, Northwestern University, the University of Southern California, and the University of Texas, Austin. Fellowships include O’Brien Public Service and MIT Knight Science Journalism. A Harvard physics graduate, Katherine is a former national correspondent for Newhouse and Bloomberg News and a certified parent educator.