Emily Bazelon

Emily Bazelon (born 1971) is an American journalist and senior editor for online magazine "Slate".

Early life and career

Bazelon graduated from Yale College in 1993 and from Yale Law School in 2000. After law school she worked as a law clerk for Judge Kermit Lipez of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

Work

Bazelon is a writer and senior editor of "Slate" and primarily writes about jurisprudence and family issues. She has written articles about many controversial subjects such as the Hamdan v. Rumsfeld trial [ [http://www.slate.com/id/2138750 Invisible Men : Did Lindsey Graham and Jon Kyl mislead the Supreme Court?] , by Emily Bazelon — Slate Magazine] and post-abortion syndrome [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/21/magazine/21abortion.t.html Is There a Post-Abortion Syndrome?] , by Emily Bazelon — New York Times Magazine] . Before joining "Slate" she was a senior editor of "Legal Affairs". Her writing has appeared in "The New York Times", "The Washington Post", "The Boston Globe", "The New Republic" as well as other publications. She has worked as a reporter in the San Francisco Bay Area and as a freelance journalist in Israel. She also appears on a weekly "Slate" podcast with David Plotz and John Dickerson called "The Gabfest".

Personal life

Bazelon is married to Paul Sabin and lives in New Haven, CT with their two sons. She is the granddaughter of Judge David L. Bazelon and cousin of feminist Betty Friedan.

References

External links

* [http://www.slate.com/default.aspx?id=3944&qt=EMily+bazelon Bazelon's articles for Slate Magazine]
* [http://bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/13341 Video interview/discussion] with Kerry Howley on Bloggingheads.tv