Lin­da K. Wertheimer is a pre­vi­ous edu­ca­tion edi­tor of The Boston Globe and a reporter at The Dal­las Morn­ing News and The Orlan­do Sen­tinel. Her work has appeared in numer­ous pub­li­ca­tions, and she has taught jour­nal­ism at Boston Uni­ver­si­ty and cours­es on pub­lish­ing at Grub Street in Boston. A grad­u­ate of Northwestern’s Medill School of Jour­nal­ism, she lives in Lex­ing­ton, MA.