Katharine Jose is an editor, writer and reporter with 15 years of experience in both traditional print and digital media as well as a masters degree in urban planning from the University of Texas-Austin. She started her career in New York, working for a young Huffington Post before moving to several positions at the Peter Kaplan-era New York Observer. Katharine has written about politics, infrastructure, environment, development, natural disasters, and a variety of other mostly nerdy topics for Planetizen, SOMA, Popmatters, Community Impact Newspaper, The New York Observer, Capital New York, and The New York Times, among other publications. Twitter: @kpjose