Alana Semuels
| Alana Semuels | |
|---|---|
| Born | Belmont, Massachusetts, US |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Alana Semuels is a journalist for the The Atlantic in New York, New York. Semuels, born in Boston, Massachusetts, attended Harvard University where she earned Bachelor of Arts in American History and Literature.[1] She also received a Rotary Scholarship to study at the London School of Economics, where she received a master's degree.[2] While in London, Semuels was a correspondent for the Boston Globe newspaper.[3]
She worked as a national correspondent for the Los Angeles Times in New York, and covered the economy for that newspaper out of Los Angeles.[4] She previously covered Great Britain for the Boston Globe and health and technology topics for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.[5]
Semuels was a finalist for a Gerald Loeb award in 2014 for her series about the diminishing power of employees at the workplace.[6] She was named "Journalist of the Year" at the 2009 Los Angeles Press Club Awards.[7] She also won a feature writing award from the Society of Business Editors and Writers in 2011.[8]
Travel stories by Semuels from Africa and South America have appeared in three anthologies by Lonely Planet: By the Seat of My Pants, Tales from Nowhere, and Best of Lonely Planet Travel Writing.[9]
Selected works
- Animosity climbs as SUVs make inroads in Britain
- As employers push efficiency, the daily grind wears down workers
- 'So random': in Boston, bombs blow, a family shatters
- Turning an iconic house into a home is easy as pie
- Cicadas liven up Staten Island with song and sex
- The Hands That Grab in Tangier
- America Out of Work
- http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co/2008/01/alana-semuels.html
References
- ↑ http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/2000/05.18/weissman.html Harvard Gazette Archives - Weissman Program names 2000 interns
- ↑ http://www.docstoc.com/docs/24264997/scholars-who-have-not-yet-confirmed-that-they-will-attend-the-link District 1220 Rotary International
- ↑ http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co/2008/01/alana-semuels.html
- ↑ http://www.latimes.com/la-bio-alana-semuels-staff.html
- ↑ Los Angeles Times Business Reporter - Alana Semuels
- ↑ http://www.latimes.com/la-bio-alana-semuels-staff.html
- ↑ http://lapressclub.org/uncategorized/a-gala-night-to-remember/ Los Angeles Press Club
- ↑ http://sabew.org/best-in-business/past-best-in-business-contests/complete-list-of-winners-in-sabew%E2%80%99s-17th-annual-best-in-business-awards/best-in-business-2011-contest-judges-comments/
- ↑ http://shop.lonelyplanet.com/world/best-of-lonely-planet-travel-writing-1/