Judith Matloff | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 25, 1958 New York City |
| Occupation | Journalist, author, media safety advocate |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Harvard-Radcliffe, 1981 |
| Notable works | No Friends but the Mountains Home Girl Fragments of a Forgotten War |
| Notable awards | Fulbright (twice) |
| Relatives | Maurice Matloff (uncle) |
| Website | |
| judithmatloff | |
Judith Matloff (born March 25, 1958) is an American writer, journalism professor and media safety advocate. Her books are How to Drag a Body and Other Safety Tips You Hope to Never Need (2020), No Friends but the Mountains (2017), Home Girl (2008), and Fragments of a Forgotten War (1997).
She teaches conflict reporting at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and previously served as the Africa and Moscow bureau chief for the Christian Science Monitor. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times Magazine and Book Review, The Economist, the Financial Times, Newsweek, the Sunday Telegraph, the Dallas Morning News and Columbia Journalism Review, among other places.