Lynn Povich

Lynn Povich began her career at Newsweek as a secretary. In 1970, she was one of 46 women who sued Newsweek for sex discrimination. Five years later, Povich was appointed the first woman Senior Editor in the magazine's history. Her book about that landmark lawsuit, THE GOOD GIRLS REVOLT, will be published September 10, 2012 by PublicAffairs. Povich left Newsweek in 1991 to become Editor-in-Chief of Working Woman magazine. She joined MSNBC.Com in 1996, overseeing the web content of NBC News and MSNBC Cable. Povich has received the presticious Matrix Award for Exceptional Achievement in Magazines. In 2005, she edited a book on her father, famed Washington Post sports columnist Shirley Povich, called All Those Mornings...At the Post. A native of Washington, D.C., Povich graduated from Vassar College, where she served as Executive-in-Residence in 1996. She is married to Stephen B. Shepard, former Editor-in-Chief of Business Week and Founding Dean of the Graduate School of Journalism of the City University of New York. They have two children