Politics. Culture. Media. Music.
Joanna Weiss is a Boston-based writer and editor, POLITICO Magazine contributor, and former Boston Globe columnist. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Slate, The Economist, Pacific Standard, Boston Magazine, and the book Nasty Women and Bad Hombres: Gender and Race in the 2016 Presidential Election. She is a co-author of the upcoming Taylor Swift: Album By Album (Quarto Books).
A frequent commentator on national and local television and radio, Joanna was the founding editor of Northeastern University’s Experience magazine and has moderated panels for Northeastern, Politico, the Showtime television network, and more.
Joanna also writes rock songs with her unexpectedly-renowned band, The Lazy Susans. Her Boston Magazine article “For Those Moms About to Rock” has been optioned for film by 20th Century Studios for a Tiwary Entertainment Group production, starring Amy Adams.
She is currently perfecting the use of the wah pedal.
Journalism
Joanna writes about politics and culture for a range of national publications, and is a contributing editor to POLITICO Magazine.
TV and Radio
Joanna’s TV and radio appearances include CNN, MSNBC, CBSN, NPR, SiriusXM, Monocle24, and other local, national and international news outlets. A frequent contributor to Boston’s WBUR and GBH, she lectures on media and politics at universities around Boston and beyond.
Experience Magazine
An award-winning magazine telling stories at the intersection of humanity and technology.
Experience is published by Northeastern University.
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Milkshake
Joanna’s debut novel, a satirical send-up of politics and motherhood, is available on Amazon.
For original Lazy Susans music — with more coming soon — click here.