Alina Tugend

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Alina Tugend
Born
Los Angeles, California
Education U.C. Berkeley
Occupation(s)Journalist and author
Notable credit(s)Author, "Better by Mistake: The Unexpected Benefits of Being Wrong," Wrote "Shortcuts", a biweekly column in The New York Times. 2005-2015
SpouseMark Stein
Children2
Website Alina Tugend Official Website

Alina Tugend is an American journalist, public speaker and writer. [1]

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Early life and education

Tugend was born in Los Angeles. Her parents are Thomas J. and Rachel (née Spitzer) Tugend.

She majored in journalism and history at the University of California, Berkeley and later earned a Master of Studies in Law at the Yale Law School.

Career

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, England, correspondent for the Chronicle of Higher Education before returning to U.S. in 2000. From 2005-2015 she wrote the award-winning "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 The Atlantic, [7] National Journal , [8] Government Executive , [9] Family Circle , [10] More , the Columbia Journalism Review and the American Journalism Review . [11]

Tugend was a featured writer for The New York Times Practical Guide to Practically Everything – the Essential Companion for Everyday Life . [12] and "Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong." Her writing is also included as an example of best essay writing in The Norton Field Guide to Writing, Second Edition. [13]

In March 2011, Tugend published her first book, Better by Mistake: The Unexpected Benefits of Being Wrong (Riverhead). [14] Gretchen Rubin of The Happiness Project praised Better by Mistake as a "great new book" dealing with "how to deal with failure and mistakes in an effective and happier way." [15] Tugend also received the Best in Business for Personal Finance in 2011 from the Society of Business Editors and Writers. [16]

Personal life

Tugend is married to the journalist Mark Stein and they have two children.

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References

  1. Podcast (requires Adobe Flash) of interview (August 20, 2007). "Take My Books, Please!". The Brian Lehrer Show (on WNYC radio). Accessed December 21, 2009.
  2. Betwixt and Between: Patterns of Masculine and Feminine Initiation, 1987, Open Court Publishing, Peru, Illinois, pp. vii and 45
  3. Education Week, August 22, 1984
  4. Shortcuts columns in The New York Times
  5. Los Angeles Times article
  6. Boston Globe, September 7, 2004
  7. "The Old-Age Survival Guide: How to Live a Longer, Happier Life". The Atlantic . December 19, 2011.
  8. National Journal article
  9. Government Executive article
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