Ashlee Green

Background

About Ashlee Green

Curiosity is my m.o—and I've built a career on it. I'm a journalist, writer, editor, and book critic based in Washington, D.C. and have 10+ years of experience covering arts and culture, government and politics, and human interest stories for media outlets including NPR, HuffPost, and Thrillist.A graduate of George Mason University's Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing (Nonfiction), I'm currently at work on my first book, a braided travelogue exploring sauna and somatic healing.I'm the former managing editor of The Northside Chronicle, the hyperlocal community newspaper of Pittsburgh, Pa.'s historic Northside, where my mission was to spotlight the people and movements that made up the Northside’s evolving cultural scene.Previously, I worked as a reader advisor at the Carnegie Library of Accessible Media for Pennsylvanians (LAMP), a branch of the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS), with the aim to help people who were blind or visually impaired continue to access the joy of books.In my free time, I love practicing partner acrobatics, hiking and camping, traveling, and zine making Specialties:Writing, editing, grant writing, grant acquisition, project management, personal statements, fellowship and career advising, event planning, social media, blogging, communications, and community outreach.Cover photo is cropped from the original: “Yellow line to Greenbelt” by Don Sniegowski, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en