Tanya Basu

Tanya Basu is a Science Editor at The Daily Beast. Tanya has also worked as a Senior Editor, Science at The Daily Beast, an Editor at Inverse.com, and a Reporter at Time Magazine. Tanya has also been a White House Pooler at Reuters News Agency and an Editorial Fellow at The Atlantic. Tanya started their career as a Business Desk Intern at NPR and a Digital News Apprentice at the National Geographic Society. Tanya is also a Freelance Writer.

Tanya Basu has a Master of Science in Journalism from Northwestern University - Medill School of Journalism, a Master of Arts in Economics from the University of Illinois Chicago, and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science from the University of Illinois Chicago. Tanya also has an Associate of Arts in Political Science from College of DuPage. Tanya Basu participated in the Leadership Academy for Women in Digital Media at the Poynter Institute in Winter 2019.

Some of their coworkers include Sam Stein - Politics Editor, Jackie Kucinich - DC Bureau Chief, and Andrew Kirell - Cheat Sheet and Express Editor. Tanya Basu reports to Noah Shachtman, Editor-in-Chief .