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Book Credits : Better by Mistake: The Unexpected Benefits of Being Wrong , published by Riverhead Press https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/better-by-mistake-alina-tugend/1100256420

Enter your professional bio here : I am an award-winning journalist who writes for numerous national publications on education and other topics, including The New York Times, The Chronicle of Higher Education and Kiplinger Retirement Report. From 2005-2015 I wrote the biweekly ''Shortcuts'' column for The New York Times business section. I'm also the author of the book ''Better by Mistake: The Unexpected Benefits of Being Wrong,'' and one of 25 women featured in the book ''Mistakes I made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting it Wrong.'' You can see more of her work at www.alinatugend.com https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/better-by-mistake-alina-tugend/1100256420 https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mistakes-i-made-at-work-jessica-bacal/1115952009 https://www.alinatugend.com/

Writing Credits : The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Kiplinger Retirement Report, The 74 Million, The Hechinger Report, The Washington Monthly, The Atlantic

Awards and Recognition : Higher Education Media Fellow from the Institute for Citizens & Scholars, Mar 2021. Fellowship awarded to 11 journalists to learn and write about career and technical education Senior Fellow, FutureEd, 2018-present Reporting Grant, The Investigative Fund, 2016. Grant to write about the impact of the College's Board's expansion of Advance Placement courses and tests into low-income schools. The piece appeared in The New York Times magazine. Fellowship, The National Press Foundation, 2015. Fellowship to learn about issues American retirees are going to face over the next decades. Finalist ''Better by Mistake: The Unexpected Benefits of Being Wrong,'' 2011. ​Issued by Books for A Better Life Best in Business, Personal Finance, New York Times Shortcuts column, 2011, Issued by Society of Business Editors and Writers · Yale Law School Journalism Fellowship, Jan. 1987, Fellowship for journalists to study law for a year at Yale Law School, resulting in a Masters of Studies of Law. https://www.future-ed.org/

Skills (Select all that apply) : Articles, Books, Case studies, Feature writing, Editing, E-books, Ghostwriting, Media relations, Web copy, Essays

List any memberships you have with other organizations : Education Writers Association