Paula Span

Paula Span

Paula Span spent half her career at the Washington Post, first as the New York-based correspondent for the Style section, then as a staff writer for the Washington Post Magazine. The other half was devoted to freelancing for a raft of publications, including the Philadelphia Inquirer and its magazine, the Boston Globe and its magazine, The New York Times and its magazine, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Magazine, city magazines in Philadelphia and Baltimore and Washington, Ms, Esquire, Parenting, and others.

She’s now a contributing writer for the Washington Post Magazine and writes for the New Old Age blog at NYTimes.com.  Her book “When the Time Comes,” which follows adult children facing decisions about caring for aging parents, was published by Grand Central Publishing in June, 2009.

She has taught journalism at Montclair State University in New Jersey, was the McGraw Professor in Writing at Princeton University in 2000, and has led workshops for the Alaska Press Club, the South Asian Journalists Association, and the Washington Post’s In-House University.  Span is an alumna of Boston University (B.S., journalism) and the alternative press (Boston Phoenix).

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