Amanda is a journalist and content strategist with more than 15 years of experience in print and digital publishing. Most of her writing and editing focuses on health science and wellness, and she conducts fact-checking for articles and nonfiction books on a range of topics. She's worked as a senior editor and content producer for Yoga Journal and helped manage social media for the Mental Health Association of New York City.
In addition to her work for Verywell, she’s a researcher and fact-checker for Smithsonian magazine and writes for publications such as The Healthy, The Bump, and Architectural Digest.
Amanda received her Master of Science in Journalism from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.
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