Francesca Donner

Francesca Donner is The New York Times gender director and the editor of In Her Words, a thrice-weekly column at The Times covering politics, economics, business, health, society and culture through a gender lens.

Some of Francesca's recent projects for The Times have looked at issues surrounding unpaid labor, inequity in the U.S., and female workers at the front lines of the pandemic. Before joining The Times, Francesca was a deputy editor at The Wall Street Journal covering management and corporate culture. Francesca grew up in London and is a graduate of Brown and Stanford.