Paula Spencer (journalist)

Paula Patyk Spencer is an American journalist and author who specializes in parenting and family, pregnancy, women's health, and related social issues.

Spenser was a contributing editor to the former Parenting Magazine,. She also contributes to Baby Talk Magazine, and Woman's Day. Spencer has written or co-authored a dozen books and more than 400 articles for national magazines. She has also made television, radio, and speaking appearances.

Paula Spencer has four children; Henry, Eleanor, Margaret, and Page.

A native of Warren, Michigan, Spencer graduated from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. Before becoming a full-time writer, Spencer was an editor in New York City and in Knoxville, Tennessee.

As an editorial director at Whittle Communications, a media company partially-owned by Time Inc., she headed health, parenting, travel, and lifestyle publications. These included Travel Life, a bimonthly magazine for travel professionals (twice a finalist in the Magazine Week Publishing Excellence Awards).

Spencer is a senior editor at Caring.com, a website for adult children who are their parents' caregivers. Spencer also writes the blog Momfidence! on the Warner Brothers website Momlogic.com.

Spencer is a member of the Authors Guild (2004–present); the American Society of Journalists and Authors (1995–present); the American Pie Council (2004–present); and the American Society of Magazine Editors (1986–1999). She is a member of the Medical Journalism Advisory Board and a guest lecturer for the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

...
Wikipedia