Rebecca Spiess

Rebecca Spiess was most recently an associate opinion editor at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, where her editorials on the collapse of social services for the homeless became a finalist for the 2024 Pulitzer Prize. Her work has also been recognized by the National Headliner Awards and the Society of Professional Journalists. 

Before joining The Boston Globe, Rebecca was a radio reporter for Colorado Public Radio, a Fulbright fellow investigating far-right ideologies in Berlin and a border reporter for Arizona PBS. She went to a high school in Arizona where camping was mandatory and still prefers to be outdoors most of the time. She is half Swiss and has an elderly chiweenie named Vader.