Episode 24: Mac McClelland
Mac McClelland is an award-winning journalist who has written for publications like Time Magazine, The New York Times and Mother Jones. She\u2019s reported from every region in the United States, gone undercover in industry and the sex trade and reported internationally from places like Thailand, Haiti, Australia, Burma, Uganda, Turkey and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.\n\nMcClelland has won awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, the Hillman Foundation, the Online News Association, the Society of Environmental Journalists and the Association for Women in Communications. Her book \u201cFor Us Surrender is Out of the Question\u201d was a finalist for the 2011 Dayton Literary Peace Price. She\u2019s been nominated for two National Magazine Awards for Feature Writing. And her work has been anthologized in Best American Magazine Writing, Best American Nonrequired Reading and Best Business Writing.\n\nShe has written about a lot of human rights issues, including reporting from Haiti after the deadly earthquake in 2010. She often immerses herself in her stories, like when she worked in a massive warehouse for an online retailer for several weeks. Most recently, she\u2019s written about Syrian refugee camps in Turkey for The New York Times. You can read a lot of McClelland's stories by visiting her own personal website.\n\nSince joining the podcast, McClelland's book \u201cIrritable Hearts: A PTSD Love Story,\u201d has been published. The book is a beautiful yet painful look at how PTSD can affect reporters who have covered traumatic events.