Megan Carpentier

Megan Carpentier was the Executive Editor at The Raw Story. Previously, she was an Associate Editor at Talking Points Memo; the Editor of News and Politics at Air America; an editor at Jezebel.com; and an Associate Editor at Wonkette. Her work has appeared most recently on The Guardian's Comment is free, and Bitch. Her work has also appeared in RH Reality Check, the Women's Media Center, On The Issues Magazine, Jezebel, The Gloss and the Washington Independent. She has also written for the Washington Post, Foreign Policy’s “Madame Secretary” blog, Ms., Radar Magazine, Us Weekly, Glamour’s “Glamocracy” blog, and the Daily Beast.

Prior to writing about politics, she spent 7 years working in government relations. She has a Master of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and a Bachelor of Arts from Boston University.