Ashley Merryman
PopTech 2009
The New York Magazine articles on parenthood Ashley Merryman coauthored with Po Bronson have been linked to by over 1,000 blogs. These articles have in turn helped form the foundation for NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children, published in September 2009, an exploration of cutting edge research in child development and parenting that overturns many cherished myths about kids and what’s best for them.
In just the past two years, Merryman and Bronson have won the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s Award for Best Science Journalism, a Clarion Award for Best Magazine Feature, the Mensa Press Award and the award for outstanding journalism from the Council on Contemporary Families. They currently write an online daily column for Newsweek.com.
Prior to her collaboration with Bronson, Merryman’s journalism appeared in The Washington Post and The National Catholic Reporter, and she has worked as a practicing litigation attorney, a speechwriter in the Clinton Administration, and director of a small all-volunteer tutoring program for inner-city kids in Los Angeles.