Insurance for Freelancers

Katherine Reynolds Lewis is the founder of the Institute for Independent Journalists, whose mission is the financial and emotional sustainability of freelancers of color, and a columnist for Nieman Reports on media careers and equity in journalism. She’s an award-winning science journalist, educator and author covering children, behavioral and mental health, education, race, gender, disability, and equity for the Atlantic, Experience Life, Fortune, New York Times, Undark, and Washington Post. Her book, The Good News About Bad Behavior, grew out of Mother Jones’ most-read story. She has taught courses or lectured at the journalism schools of American University, Marquette University, Northwestern University, the University of Southern California, and the University of Texas, Austin. A Harvard physics graduate, Katherine is a former national correspondent for Newhouse and Bloomberg News. A biracial (White and Asian American) woman, she lives in the Washington D.C. area with her partner Brian and their three children.