NY Times taps Murphy as a reporter on the travel team

Heather Murphy is joining The New York Times travel team as a reporter. Previously, she worked on the Express desk as a general assignment reporter.

Murphy has also worked as a senior staff editor on the International desk, digital deputy editor on the Science desk, and reporter for Science and Health at The Times. She was also a photo editor/photo blogger at Slate Magazine.

She has also worked at NPR and has freelanced for Swindle Magazine, the L.A. Times, and Variety.

She was also a breaking news producer/home page editor at washingtonpost.com.

She has also reported and edited for The Santiago Times.

Murphy is a graduate of Georgetown University.