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Libby A. Nelson

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Washington, D.C.
As seen in: Tarbell Center for AI Journalism, Medium, MSN, The New York Times, CNBC, POLITICO, Substack, Vox, Yahoo, Inside Higher Ed, The Chronicle of Higher Education and
Covers:  student debt, higher education, federal policy, congress, financial aid, education department, religious colleges
Doesn't Cover: parents, education technology, student life, k-12 education
program director, fellowship @tarbellcenter. formerly @voxdotcom, @politico, @insidehighered
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Libby A. Nelson’s Biography

I've covered federal policy, Congress and religious colleges for Inside Higher Ed since April 2011. Before that, I was a reporter at The Times-Tribune in Scranton, Pa., where I covered the regional airport, several towns and a handful of school districts.

As befits a 2009 graduate, I started as an intern-for-life, notably at the Chronicle of Higher Education (covering federal policy for nine months in 2009-10) and the New York Times (Metro desk, summer 2009). Other stops include the Star Tribune and the St. Petersburg Times.

I grew up in the suburbs of Kansas City, Mo. (Kansas side!), and graduated from Northwestern in 2009 with a degree in journalism. I speak fluent conversational French. My superpower is losing things.