elizabeth whitman

Hello! I am a writer based in the Pacific Northwest.

My work has appeared in Cosmopolitan, Nature, The Nation, Harper’s, Phoenix New Times, and elsewhere. I’ve reported from Jordan, where I lived for two years, as well as from the West Bank, Israel, Maine, South Carolina, New York, and Arizona.

In 2020, several pieces I wrote about the death of an Arizona woman after her electricity was shut off on a hot summer day received an honorable mention for explanatory reporting from the Society of Environmental Journalists and the statewide public service journalism award from the Arizona Press Club. The Press Club has also recognized my work for environmental reporting, social issues reporting, and human interest writing.

When I’m not reporting and writing, I am usually farming. I also take freelance editing work. Get in touch!