American journalist (born 1990)
Elizabeth Bruenig
Bruenig in 2018
Born (1990-12-05 ) December 5, 1990 (age 33) Other names Liz Bruenig Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig Alma mater Occupation Journalist Years active 2014–present Employer The Atlantic Spouse
Children 2
Elizabeth Bruenig (née Stoker ; born December 6, 1990) is an American journalist working as an opinion writer for The Atlantic . She previously worked as an opinion writer for The New York Times , and as an opinion writer and editor for The Washington Post , where she wrote about ethics , politics , theology , and economics . She was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing in 2019[ 1] and in 2023.[ 1]
Early life and education [ edit ]
Bruenig was born in Arlington, Texas .[ 2] She attended Martin High School .[ 3] She graduated from Brandeis University in 2013 with a Bachelor of Arts degree with a double major in English and sociology and a minor in Near Eastern and Judaic studies .[ 4] As a recipient of the Marshall Scholarship ,[ 5] she studied at Jesus College at the University of Cambridge , where she earned a Master of Philosophy degree in Christian theology [ 6] under the supervision of John Hughes .[ 7] She was named a 2014–2015 Presidential Fellow at Brown University , where she was a doctoral student in religious studies ,[ 8] [ 9] but left Brown without a degree in 2015.[ 10]
Bruenig was an opinion writer and editor for The Washington Post ,[ 11] The New York Times , and now writes for The Atlantic . She writes about ethics , politics , theology , and economics .[ 12] Previously, she was a staff writer for The New Republic .[ 13] With her husband Matt , Bruenig co-hosts a podcast The Bruenigs .[ 14] In the past, they have written together for The Atlantic .[ 15] She has also been a contributor to the Left, Right, & Center radio show.[ 16] [ 17] On May 12, 2021, it was announced that she would depart The New York Times for The Atlantic at the end of the month.[ 18]
In a profile published by Washington Monthly , she is described as "the most prominently placed of a small but increasingly visible group of young writers unabashedly advocating for democratic socialism ."[ 19] In an article in Deseret News , Lois Collins described Bruenig as "just left of Bernie Sanders on economics, openly religious and quietly anti-abortion ."[ 20]
In September 2018, Bruenig described a 2006 sexual assault on a woman by the name of Amber Wyatt at Martin High School in Arlington, Bruenig's own alma mater, in a story for the Post , describing the assault's repercussions.[ 21] [ 22] She started tracking the details of Wyatt's story in 2015.[ 3] [ 23] [ 24] In 2019, Bruenig was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist in Feature Writing, for one of her pieces covering Wyatt's sexual assault, "What Do We Owe Her Now?"[ 21] The citation reads: "For eloquent reflections on the exile of a teen sexual assault victim in the author's Texas hometown, delving with moral authority into why the crime remained unpunished."[ 2]
Bruenig was named in the 2019 edition of Forbes magazine's 30 Under 30 list .[ 25]
Bruenig was raised Methodist , but converted to Catholicism after studying Christian theology and the work of St. Augustine of Hippo in university, becoming confirmed into the Catholic church in 2014.[ 20] [ 26] Bruenig married Matt Bruenig , whom she met in their high school debate team in Arlington,[ 19] in 2014.[ 27] They have two daughters together.[ 20]
"Taking Augustine as Guide". In Schwindt, Daniel (ed.). Radically Catholic in the Age of Francis: An Anthology of Visions for the Future . Valparaiso, Indiana: Solidarity Hall Press. 2015. ISBN 978-0-692-40977-0 .
"Church". In McElwee, Joshua J. ; Wooden, Cindy (eds.). A Pope Francis Lexicon . Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press. 2018. pp. 15–17. ISBN 978-0-8146-4545-1 .
^ a b www.pulitzer.org https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/ . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ a b "Finalist: Elizabeth Bruenig of The Washington Post" . The Pulitzer Prizes . New York: Columbia University. Retrieved November 13, 2021 .
^ a b "What Happens When a Rape Is Reported, but No One Is Prosecuted" . All Things Considered . NPR. September 24, 2018. Retrieved April 16, 2019 .
^ "Where Will Your Future Take You?" . Waltham, Massachusetts: Brandeis University. Retrieved February 10, 2019 .
^ "Elizabeth Stoker '13 Wins Marshall Scholarship" . BrandeisNOW . Waltham, Massachusetts: Brandeis University. November 19, 2012. Retrieved February 10, 2019 .
^ "Elizabeth Bruenig" . The Washington Post . Retrieved February 10, 2019 .
^ Bruenig, Elizabeth (March 1, 2015). "Fear of a Radical Pope" . The New Republic . New York. Retrieved October 20, 2019 .
^ "2014–2015 Presidential Fellows" . Providence, Rhode Island: Brown University. Archived from the original on February 12, 2019. Retrieved February 10, 2019 .
^ Bruenig, Elizabeth (January 5, 2015). "Marketing Motherhood: The Meaning of Vocation in a Secular World" . America . Vol. 212, no. 1. New York. Retrieved February 5, 2020 .
^ Bruenig, Elizabeth [@ebruenig] (March 11, 2019). "i keep getting mistaken for a current phd candidate at brown, which i am not. i dropped out of my phd program in '15" (Tweet ). Archived from the original on March 11, 2019 – via Twitter .
^ Hiatt, Fred ; Marcus, Ruth ; Diehl, Jackson (October 25, 2017). "Elizabeth Bruenig Joins Opinions Staff as Writer and Editor" . The Washington Post . Retrieved February 10, 2019 .
^ "Shorenstein Center Speaker Series: Elizabeth Bruenig" . Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University. Archived from the original on April 28, 2019. Retrieved February 10, 2019 .
^ "Elizabeth Bruenig" . The New Republic . New York. Retrieved February 10, 2019 .
^ "The Bruenigs Are Creating a Podcast" . Patreon . Retrieved February 10, 2019 .
^ "Matt Bruenig and Elizabeth Stoker" . The Atlantic . Retrieved February 10, 2019 .
^ "Elizabeth Bruenig" . Santa Monica, California: KCRW. Retrieved May 14, 2019 .
^ Bruenig, Elizabeth. "Elizabeth Bruenig on Twitter" . Twitter . Archived from the original on May 25, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .
^ "Elizabeth Bruenig to Join The Atlantic as a Staff Writer" . The Atlantic . May 12, 2021. Retrieved May 12, 2021 .
^ a b Edelman, Gilad (2018). "What the New Socialists Really Want" . Washington Monthly . Vol. 50, no. 7/8. p. 10. ISSN 0043-0633 . Retrieved November 13, 2021 .
^ a b c Collins, Lois M. (April 26, 2022). "Meet the socialist Catholic who confounds the left and the right" . Deseret News . Retrieved May 2, 2022 .
^ a b Bruenig, Elizabeth (September 21, 2018). "What Do We Owe Her Now?" . The Washington Post . Retrieved March 12, 2019 .
^ Allen, Cynthia M. (September 28, 2018). "If You Want to #believesurvivors, Start with This Arlington Rape Victim" . Fort Worth Star-Telegram . Fort Worth, Texas: McClatchy. Retrieved February 10, 2019 .
^ Stevens, Heidi (September 21, 2018). "2 Stories That Remind Us the Brett Kavanaugh Story Is About Us as Much as It Is About Him" . Chicago Tribune . Archived from the original on April 28, 2019. Retrieved February 10, 2019 .
^ Dreher, Rod (September 19, 2018). "What Happened to Amber Wyatt" . The American Conservative . Retrieved February 10, 2019 .
^ "30 Under 30 2020: Media" . Forbes . Retrieved December 1, 2020 .
^ Bruenig, Elizabeth (August 7, 2017). "How Augustine's Confessions and Left Politics Inspired My Conversion to Catholicism" . America . Vol. 217, no. 3. New York. ISSN 0002-7049 . Retrieved November 27, 2019 .
^ "Our 6th Wedding Anniversary; Riffing on Internet Insanities" . The Bruenigs (Podcast). June 27, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2020 – via Patreon.