Brigid Schulte | |
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| Born | Brigid Frances Schulte May 27, 1962 Eugene, Oregon |
| Occupation | Journalist, author |
| Alma mater | Columbia University (M.S.) University of Portland (B.A.) |
| Genre | non-fiction |
| Notable awards | Abe Fellowship for Journalists, 2018 [1] Pulitzer Prize, 2008 [2] |
| Spouse | Tom Bowman |
| Children | 2 |
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Brigid Schulte is an American journalist, New York Times bestselling author, keynote speaker, and director of the Better Life Lab at New America. [3]
Schulte was a staff writer for The Washington Post for nearly 17 years and was part of the team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2008. [4]
In 2014, Schulte published her book Overwhelmed: Work, Love & Play when No One has the Time. Overwhelmed won the Virginia Library Association’s literary nonfiction award, and was translated into a number of languages. In the book, Schulte coined the term time confetti .
Since 2015, Schulte has been the director of the Better Life Lab at nonpartisan think tank New America, advocating for work-family justice and gender equity through original research and reporting.
She hosts the Better Life Lab podcast, an Apple Top 50 podcast exploring the art and science of living a full and healthy life, and the future of work, care, and wellbeing. [5]
Schulte's work has appeared in The New York Times , Harvard Business Review , Financial Times , Slate , Vox , The Atlantic , The Boston Globe , New York Magazine , Fast Company , Time , CNN, Quartz , The Guardian , and Washington Monthly , among others.
She has been quoted as an expert or featured in numerous publications, including Fortune , Financial Times and others, and has appeared on a number of TV and radio programs, including CNN, the BBC, NBC and MSNBC, Fresh Air with Terry Gross and NPR’s Morning Edition .
Her second book, Over Work: Transforming the Daily Grind in the Quest for a Better Life was published by Henry Holt and Company in September 2024.
Schulte lives in Alexandria, Virginia, with her husband, NPR journalist Tom Bowman, and their two children.
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