Writing, Literature & Publishing Faculty
Leslie Brokaw
Part Time Faculty (2000)
B.A. Wesleyan University
Leslie Brokaw is a contributing editor to MIT Sloan Management Review and helps manage daily operations of its website, sloanreview.mit.edu. She teaches Magazine Publishing Overview and Magazine Writing.
In recent years, Leslie served as editor-in-chief of Leader magazine, a quarterly publication for adult volunteers of Girl Scouts of the USA, and as a weekly columnist for the Boston Globe, writing about the New England film community.
She wrote the most recent editions of Frommer's Montréal and Québec City and Frommer's Montréal Day by Day, and contributed to the most recent edition of Frommer's New England. She also helps develop and manage small business websites, including anthonyrao.com, chrisbrokaw.com, and akeyinthedoor.com.
Leslie began her writing career in radio, as producer and on-air reporter at the public radio station WAMC-FM in Albany, NY. She spent 12 years at the national business magazine Inc., first as a writer and then as editor-in-chief of inc.com.
She has written for the publications of a broad range of clients. They include Merrill Lynch, the Lance Armstrong Foundation, LoyaltyOne, Monitor Group, AARP, and Harvard University's Kennedy School.
WLP Associate Professor Jabari Asim explains how Emerson's program combines academic study with creative work.WLP Dept. News
WLP students, faculty, and alumni bring creativity and unparalleled passion to the study and craft of writing, literature, and publishing.
