Corinne Purtill got her start covering snipers, prostitution and planning board meetings for the Gazette newspapers near Washington, DC. After decamping to Phnom Penh to work as a reporter and editor for the Cambodia Daily, she later covered the environment for the Arizona Republic, with a very successful stint at Trader Joe’s in between. As a freelance journalist based in Southeast Asia, New York and London, she has written for Salon, the San Francisco Chronicle, the New York Daily News and other outlets. Previously GlobalPost’s Senior Correspondent for the United Kingdom, she is now a reporter for Quartz. Corinne has a BA in English from Stanford University and lives in California with her family.
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