I'm a journalist with 15+ years of experience telling stories for leading media and technology organizations, from Glamour and Vanity Fair to Harry's and Google. Some outlets I’ve written for: National Geographic, The New York Times, New York Magazine, The Washington Post Magazine, Smithsonian, Philadelphia, Marie Claire, Insider, TIME, Fast Company, Forbes, Glamour, SELF, Seventeen, Teen Vogue, Refinery29, Black Enterprise, Thrive, and HuffPo. I’m represented by Eliza Rothstein at InkWell Management.
My reporting has brought me to Norwegian prisons, JDate, infertility clinics, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the homes and reunions of many World War II veterans and Holocaust survivors.
In 2018, I left my post leading content and communications at the startup Jopwell to freelance and participate in a literary journalism residency at the Banff Centre with New Yorker staff writer Susan Orlean. Before that, I founded and edited Jopwell’s award-winning digital magazine, The Well, oversaw Jopwell’s media relations, and developed custom content (e.g. sponsored profiles, thought leadership, racially diverse stock photography) for 35+ clients such as Pinterest, Goldman Sachs, Lyft, LinkedIn, the NFL, PGA, and NBA. I previously supported Google engineers on product localization and community initiatives throughout Southeast Asia; helped launch customer experience at Harry’s; and worked at Condé Nast, as an editorial assistant at Vanity Fair and a contributing editor at Glamour.
I graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Pennsylvania, where I was a Benjamin Franklin Scholar. These days, I live in Brookline MA with my husband, sons, Havanese, and many books.
In the News
Final texts from Covid-19 victims moves Brianna Keilar to tears | CNN & HuffPo
National Geographic Honors 'The Last Voices of World War II' | Yahoo! News
World War II: The Women of the OSS | Viewpoints Radio
Women’s Magazines Are Dying. Will We miss them? | Washington Post
6 Habits For Success From Top Female Entrepreneurs | Forbes
Magic Johnson-Backed Startup Launches Editorial Hub | CNN Money
Jopwell raises $7.5 million to further its mission to diversify companies | TechCrunch
How She Got There: Katie Sanders, Contributing Editor at Glamour | Her Campus
A Model For The Writing Life | Pennsylvania Gazette
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