Libby Copeland
Encyclopedia
Libby Copeland is a staff writer for the Washington Post. She started her career with the Post in 1998 as an intern in the Style department,http://www.washpost.com/news_ed/summer_internships/bios1998.shtml and now covers Washington politics.http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/newspapers/libby_is_the_new_leibovich_34481.asp http://www.washingtonian.com/capital_comment/2004/0904capcom.html In 2005, she was the Feature Specialty Reporting winner for the large circlulation papers in the annual competition held by the American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors.http://www.aasfe.org/2005-contest-winners.html She has appeared on MSNBC, CNN and NPR.
called one of her pieces "fawning," http://wonkette.com/330464/kucinich-loves-his-hot-wife.
She wrote articles for the Post about Washington, DC area graffiti
artist Borf
(aka John Tsombikos) and has been the subject of some graffiti saying "Libby Copeland Writes Lies," possibly in connection with the Borf issue.http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/newspapers/getting_libby_with_it_27261.asp
She covered the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, for the Post's features section, notably writing about figure skater Johnny Weir's free-wheeling shopping habits. She also wrote about modern-day Jersey "dandys" bent on reclaiming the slur "guido" in 2003, prompting some controversy.
. She went on to major in English at the University of Pennsylvania
where, her junior year, she won the Thouron Award.http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/v44/n23/bulletins.html
Journalistic Work of Note
Copeland wrote primarily about the McCain and Edwards campaigns during the 2008 election, and profiled political figures including Joe and Jill Biden and Cindy and Meghan McCain. Her coverage of the 2006 Congressional mid-term elections has also been both lauded http://icantbelieveitsnotademocracy.blogs.com/weblog/2006/week44/index.htmlhttp://www.mahablog.com/2006/10/19/righties-cant-read/ and enthusastically criticisized http://www.dcbachelor.com/2006/dealbreakershttp://www.thatliberalmedia.com/archives/2006_01.html by the blogging community, and WonketteWonkette
Wonkette is a left-leaning American online magazine of topical satire and political gossip, established in 2004 by Gawker Media and founding editor Ana Marie Cox, and edited by Ken Layne from 2006 to 2011...
called one of her pieces "fawning," http://wonkette.com/330464/kucinich-loves-his-hot-wife.
She wrote articles for the Post about Washington, DC area graffiti
Graffiti
Graffiti is the name for images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or marked in any manner on property....
artist Borf
Borf
Borf was a graffiti campaign seen in and around Washington, D.C. during 2004 and 2005, carried out by John Tsombikos while studying at the Corcoran College of Art and Design...
(aka John Tsombikos) and has been the subject of some graffiti saying "Libby Copeland Writes Lies," possibly in connection with the Borf issue.http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/newspapers/getting_libby_with_it_27261.asp
She covered the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, for the Post's features section, notably writing about figure skater Johnny Weir's free-wheeling shopping habits. She also wrote about modern-day Jersey "dandys" bent on reclaiming the slur "guido" in 2003, prompting some controversy.
Personal Background
Copeland was born in 1976. She is an alumna of Hastings High School of Hastings-on-Hudson, New YorkNew York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. She went on to major in English at the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
where, her junior year, she won the Thouron Award.http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/v44/n23/bulletins.html