The world of education is a continuously changing industry, which means getting your news the coverage it deserves is tough. Ask any PR professional the key to securing the right coverage, and they will tell you that pitching your stories to the right journalists is essential.
However, finding the right journalists to pitch to can be a challenge. Searching through media outlets and Twitter to find the right education reporters is an incredibly time-consuming task and often results in you missing key journalists.
If you’re searching for a comprehensive list of education journalists and their contact details, you can easily find them in Prowly’s Media Database. With the option to search by beat, location, outlet, or job position, finding the most relevant education media contacts for your story is a breeze.
Prowly’s Media Database contains more than 1 million media contacts and is completely free for 7 days with full search access →
Here are some of the key reporters covering the education industry that you can find in the database.
- Evie Blad, Education Week
- Andrew Pollack, Bloomberg News
- Michael Vasquez, The Chronicle of Higher Education
- Chris Quintana, USA Today
- Dana Goldstein, The New York Times
- Richard Adams, The Guardian
The best education journalists
Evie Blad, Education Week
Evie is the Staff Writer for leading education outlet, Education Week, and she is also a best-selling author as well as a regular blogger on K-12. Evie focuses on education policy alongside state and national education politics.
Before joining Education Week in 2013, Evie was a lead reporter at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, again covering K-12 topics. She can be regularly found tweeting about educational topics to her 6,000+ followers.
Andrew Pollack, Bloomberg News
Andrew leads the education and technology sector at Bloomberg News, prior to this focusing on the healthcare sector. His work has appeared across countless media outlets, including the likes of the New York Times, USA Today, Huffington Post, and CNBC.
Andrew is also a best-selling author and is regularly found tweeting about a wide range of topics to do with education, literacy, and other key topics.
Michael Vasquez, The Chronicle of Higher Education
Michael is the senior investigative author at leading educational outlet, The Chronicle of Higher Education. He is one of the industry’s leading education reporters and spearheaded the 2016 education campaign in Politico.
Prior to joining the Chronicle, he spent 14 years covering educational topics at The Miami Herald, leading a year-long investigation into fraud within Florida’s for-profit educational industries. He is a multi-award-winning education journalist, including receiving two National Headliner Awards.
Chris Quintana, USA Today
Washington-based Chris Quintana is one of the up-and-coming education reporters within the industry and is currently working as Education Enterprise Reporter at USA Today, specializing in the Higher Education System in America.
Covering a wide range of issues, from campus topics to educational laws. Prior to joining USA Today, he spent two years at The Chronicle of Higher Education as well as starting his career writing for the Albuquerque Journal.
Dana Goldstein, The New York Times
Dana is one of the leading education journalists in America, and she is currently acting as the National Correspondent for The New York Times. She regularly covers the impact that educational policies have on families, students, and teachers across the country. Joining the times in 2017, she has covered a number of leading topics, including the teacher walkout movement.
Alongside her journalism career, Dana is also a best-selling author, thanks to her book “The Teacher Wars: A History of America’s Most Embattled Profession”. She has also been nominated as a finalist for The Livingston Award twice.
Richard Adams, The Guardian
Richard Adams is the Education Editor at the leading UK-based newspaper The Guardian. He covers a wide range of headline news for UK education, and he focuses heavily on research and education policy. Holding the position for over seven years, prior to this he was The Guardian’s Washington journalist, covering a wide range of American political topics.
Richard achieved his degree at the University of Oxford, and he has also written several published works across a wide range of topics. He currently enjoys nearly 20,000 followers on Twitter and regular posts about key topics in the industry.
Find more education journalists and outlets
If you want to build a media list with the very best education journalists around the world, then Prowly's Media Database can give you what you're looking for.
With over one million journalists, it lets you filter your results by a range of criteria, including industry, location, job position, and news outlets. This ensures that you will always be able to find the best journalists to share your news with, helping you to boost your coverage.
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