Pamela Cytrynbaum

 Pamela Cytrynbaum has been telling other peoples' stories as a journalist for more than 25 years. She has taught writing for nearly that long. She teaches at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, where she received her bachelor's degree. She is also a blogger for Psychology Today at Because I'm the Mom.

She is a former staff writer for The Chicago Tribune and her work exploring the criminal justice system, education, family life, relationships and women's issues has appeared in publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune, The Oregonian and Chicago Parent. She taught at Brandeis University where she served as associate director of the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism and director of the Justice Brandeis Innocence Project. She has reinvented herself professionally as a high school teacher, investigative reporter,  college career adviser and writing coach. She spent 13 years living, parenting, writing and teaching, hiking and complaining (about all the hiking) in Oregon and recently moved with her daughter back to her hometown in suburban Chicago to begin a new life, yet again. To follow Pam on Twitter, click here and to find her on Facebook. 

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