Barbara Kantrowitz

Barbara Kantrowitz

Barbara Kantrowitz is an award-winning magazine editor and writer. She worked at Newsweek for more than 20 years and is currently a contributing editor at the magazine. Before that, she was a senior editor in Newsweek’s society section, where she wrote and edited dozens of cover stories on health, education, religion and women's issues. Kantrowitz has also worked at People, The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Newsday and The Hartford Courant, and has freelanced for many national publications. She is a graduate of Cornell University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.