Hi. I'm Magdalena Puniewska, a journalist, editor, and fact-checker.

       I live and work in New York City.  

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      Interested in my work? Here are a few of my favorite stories: 

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Complex Saviors, New York Magazine

Nurses and doctors can often be the first line of defense against trafficking. Now they’re being trained to actually see it that way.

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The Common Hormonal Disorder Doctors Can't Figure Out, Medium

Polycystic ovary syndrome, or PCOS, is an endocrine condition that affects up to one in 10 women — but doctors can't agree on how to define and diagnose it. 

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How I Made Peace With My Family's Silent Dinners, Bon Appetit

Why didn't my immigrant family's dinner sound like those on TV?

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Healing a Wounded Sense of Morality, The Atlantic

American soldiers are coming home from war and realizing that their trauma is something more than PTSD.

Referenced in the book, Future War: Preparing for the New Global Battlefield by Robert H. Latiff (2017).

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The Prison System is Designed to Ignore Mental Illness, Vice

Interviews with inmates, lawyers, and advocates revealed a grim reality about our criminal justice system. 

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America's Flawed Death Investigation System, Vice

A look into how deaths are analyzed and recorded shows that we might be downplaying the true scope of the opioid epidemic.   

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The Myth of Modern Burnout, The Week

Humans have been exhausted for centuries. 

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