As a member of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) communications team, Krysten Crawford writes about the research and work of SIEPR affiliates as well as the institute’s programs and initiatives. Prior to joining SIEPR in 2021, she was a freelance writer and editor for several units at Stanford and other higher education institutions and spent more than two decades as a financial and technology journalist covering breaking news, writing feature articles, editing, and managing news sites. She is a former senior producer at CNN Business and Fortune.com in New York City, and started her career covering the legal industry for American Lawyer Media. She is from Santa Barbara, California, and holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of California-Berkeley.