Work Experience
Tucker started her journalism career while still at Texas State University, writing for The University Star, and was published in the Pulitzer-prize winning Fort Wayne News Sentinel. Since then, she has written for the Phoenix New Times, The Press-Enterprise, and Austin Monthly Magazine. By 2002, Tucker was a staff writer for the Santa Fe Reporter and remained there until her move to New York City.
While working towards her M.A., Tucker was an associate editor at the Columbia Journal of American Studies. Upon graduation in 2005, she was hired by AlterNet, where she stayed until late spring of 2006. Her contributions to the website included stories on immigration and social justice.
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