Julia Carpenter

Julia Carpenter is an award-winning freelance journalist and author based in Brooklyn, New York. A 2013 graduate of the University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism, she has built a career covering the intersection of gender, culture, finance, and technology for major publications including The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, CNN, Esquire, and New York Magazine. Her notable achievements include winning the 2019 Excellence in Business Coverage Award from The Association of LGBTQ Journalists for CNN Business reporting on workplace LGBTQ+ issues, and a 2020 Front Page Award for WSJ's 'The New Rules of Money' series. Carpenter created the innovative Pay Up Slack community addressing gender wage disparities, which earned a 2017 Shorty Award nomination. She currently writes the Substack-featured newsletter 'A Woman to Know,' profiling historical female figures, and published her first book 'The New Rules of Money' while working on a novel. Her work demonstrates particular skill in developing digital-native storytelling formats and community-driven journalism.