Karen is an editor, storytelling coach and award-winning journalist. In addition to reporting and editing, she helps people and organizations figure out how to tell their stories well.
She was a host of NPR's Planet Money and, before that, a reporter at This American Life and a story coach for The Moth. She also taught at the Columbia, NYU and CUNY Graduate Schools of Journalism. Her stories have been featured on Radiolab, All Things Considered, On the Media, Reply All, The Rumpus and many other publications. She was a live storytelling performer for The Moth and Pop-Up Magazine, and was featured in the book How To Tell A Story.
Before becoming a journalist, Karen spent several years as a speechwriter and executive comms advisor, working in more than 20 countries. She managed executive communications for the Chairman & CEO of Cisco, and later moved to India to work for Cisco's Chief Globalization Officer. After returning to the U.S., she worked in philanthropy, running communications for Cisco's corporate social responsibility (CSR) program and for the Skoll Foundation.
Karen’s journalism work has won several awards, including a national Murrow Award, an Ambie for podcast of the year, a Gold Signal Award and best international audio reporting from the Overseas Press Club.