Caroline Petrow-Cohen is a 2023-24 reporting fellow at the Los Angeles Times and a member of NLGJA, the association of LGBTQ+ journalists. She is a recent graduate of Duke University, where she studied journalism, English and environmental science and policy. Petrow-Cohen grew up in a small town in New Jersey and most recently covered national politics for the Dallas Morning News. When she’s not writing, she enjoys traveling, snowboarding and trying new recipes.
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