Kat Jercich was a vice president and managing editor for Rewire News Group, where she oversaw daily operations and steered site content, including legal analyses and investigative reports.

Previously, Kat edited labor news at In These Times and honed her digital campaigning skills at Care2.com. Her work has appeared in BUST Magazine, Sacramento News and Review, The Rumpus, and on Bitch Magazine’s “Bitch Blog.” Kat is based in Chicago, Illinois; from 2015-2016, she served on the Literassociates board of the Chicago Literacy Alliance. She has presented at the ACES conference. She graduated summa cum laude from Cornell University, where she studied English, biology, and feminist, gender, and sexuality studies.