| Alina Tugend | |
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| Born | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Education | -Bachelor of Arts in journalism and history, University of California, Berkeley -Master of Studies in Law, Yale Law School (Yale University) |
| Occupation | Journalist, poet, public speaker and writer[1] |
| Family | Parents: -Rachel (neé Spitzer) Tugend -Thomas J. Tugend |
| Spouse(s) | Mark Stein |
| Children | Two |
| Notable credit(s) | "Shortcuts", a semiweekly column in The New York Times Parenting columnist, Worth Magazine" |
| [Alina Tugend Official Website Official website] | |
Alina Tugend is an American journalist, poet, public speaker and writer.[1] writes "Shortcuts", a weekly column for The New York Times.
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She has written for the Hudson Dispatch in Union City, New Jersey, the Providence, Rhode Island, bureau of United Press International,Education Week,[2][3] the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, where she started the paper's environment reporting, and The Orange County Register. For six years, starting in 1994, Tugend was the London, United Kingdom, correspondent for the Chronicle of Higher Education before returning to U.S. in 2000. In 2005 she started writing the "Shortcuts" column.[4] for The New York Times.
Tugend has also written for other newspapers, such as the Los Angeles Times,[5] The Boston Globe,[6] the San Francisco Chronicle and numerous magazines including National Journal,[7] Government Executive,[8] Parents,[9] More, Child, the Columbia Journalism Review and the American Journalism Review.[10]
Tugend was a featured writer for The New York Times Practical Guide to Practically Everything — the Essential Companion for Everyday Life.[11]
In March 2011, Tugend published her first book, Better by Mistake: The Unexpected Benefits of Being Wrong (Riverhead). [12]
Tugend is married to the journalist Mark Stein and they have two children. Tugend majored in journalism and history at the University of California, Berkeley in Berkeley, California and later earned a Master of Studies in Law at the Yale Law School.