BostInno has hired Rowan Walrath to cover Boston-area startups.
Walrath has been a fact checker for Wired magazine in San Francisco. She has also reported and fact-checked for Mother Jones, Eater, and HuffPost, among other publications.
Rowan was an online editorial fellow at Mother Jones, where she reported on health science, sex and gender, and related policy. She also fact-checked, copyedited, and produced digital content for the magazine.
Prior to moving to the Bay Area, Walrath was a local reporter in Boston, focusing on community news ranging from health and environmental science to neighborhood development. Her bylines have appeared in the Boston Globe, Boston magazine, and WGBH, among other publications.
Walrath is a Northeastern University graduate.