Alina Tugend

Tugend was born in Los Angeles. Her parents are Thomas J. and Rachel (née Spitzer) Tugend.

She majored in journalism and history at the University of California, Berkeley and later earned a Master of Studies in Law at the Yale Law School.

She has written for the Hudson Dispatch in Union City, New Jersey, the Providence, Rhode Island, bureau of United Press International,Education Week,{{Cite book |last=Mahdi |first=Louise Carus |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y0h0OEe19pcC&pg=PA44 |title=Betwixt & Between: Patterns of Masculine and Feminine Initiation |last2=Foster |first2=Steven |last3=Little |first3=Meredith |date=1987 |publisher=Open Court Publishing |isbn=978-0-8126-9048-4 |language=en}}

{{Cite news |date=2022-12-28 |title=Education Week - K-12 education news and information |url=https://www.edweek.org/?view=login |access-date=2025-05-19 |work=Education Week |language=en}} the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, where she started the paper's environment reporting, and the Orange County Register. For six years, starting in 1994, Tugend was the London, England, correspondent for the Chronicle of Higher Education before returning to U.S. in 2000. From 2005-2015 she wrote the award-winning "Shortcuts" column{{Cite web |title=The New York Times - Search |url=https://www.nytimes.com/search/?query=Alina+Tugend,+ShortCuts&d=&o=&v=&c=&n=10&dp=0&daterange=full&sort=newest |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=www.nytimes.com |language=en}} for The New York Times.

Tugend has also written for other newspapers, such as the Los Angeles Times,{{Cite web |last=Tugend |first=Alina |date=2002-01-17 |title=Reaching Out, With Cheek, to Young Jewish Readers |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jan-17-lv-mag17-story.html |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}} The Boston Globe,{{Cite web |title=Doctors worry kids' brain injuries are often missed - The Boston Globe |url=https://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/children/articles/2004/09/07/doctors_worry_kids_brain_injuries_are_often_missed/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160304080949/http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/children/articles/2004/09/07/doctors_worry_kids_brain_injuries_are_often_missed/ |archive-date=2016-03-04 |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=www.boston.com |language=en}} the San Francisco Chronicle and numerous magazines including The Atlantic,{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2011/12/the-old-age-survival-guide-how-to-live-a-longer-happier-life/250154/|title = The Old-Age Survival Guide: How to Live a Longer, Happier Life|website = The Atlantic|date = December 19, 2011}} National Journal,[http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/nj_20100508_2642.php National Journal article] Government Executive,[http://www.govexec.com/features/0903/0903s4.htm Government Executive article] Family Circle,{{Cite web |url=http://www.familycircle.com/teen/school/issues/fundraising/?page=1 |title=Has School Fundraising Gone Too Far?: Has School Fundraising Gone Too Far? |access-date=December 6, 2014 |archive-date=December 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210182056/http://www.familycircle.com/teen/school/issues/fundraising/?page=1 |url-status=dead }} More, the Columbia Journalism Review and the American Journalism Review.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ajr.org/search.asp?Author=71 |title=American Journalism Review articles |access-date=November 7, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606051219/http://www.ajr.org/search.asp?Author=71 |archive-date=June 6, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}

Tugend was a featured writer for [https://www.amazon.com/York-Times-Guide-Essential-Knowledge/dp/0312643020/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_img_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=VREG4RX13XDNP33237V7 The New York Times Practical Guide to Practically Everything – the Essential Companion for Everyday Life].{{Cite book |last=Bernstein |first=Amy D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jvbAwX0CRzkC&pg=PA789 |title=The New York Times Practical Guide to Practically Everything: The Essential Companion for Everyday Life |last2=Bernstein |first2=Peter W. |date=2006-10-17 |publisher=Macmillan |isbn=978-0-312-35388-9 |language=en}} and [https://www.amazon.com/Mistakes-Made-Work-Influential-Reflect-ebook/dp/B00FX7LUUO "Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong.]" Her writing is also included as an example of best essay writing in The Norton Field Guide to Writing, Second Edition.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/write/fieldguide/index.asp|title=Student}}

In March 2011, Tugend published her first book, [https://www.amazon.com/Better-Mistake-Unexpected-Benefits-Being/dp/1594485674/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1523843484&sr=1-1-spell Better by Mistake: The Unexpected Benefits of Being Wrong] (Riverhead).{{Cite web |url=http://www.riverheadbooks.com/2010/09/alina-tugend-on-millennials-and-the-economy.html |title=Riverhead Books blog |access-date=September 6, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100919102051/http://www.riverheadbooks.com/2010/09/alina-tugend-on-millennials-and-the-economy.html |archive-date=September 19, 2010 |url-status=dead }} Gretchen Rubin of The Happiness Project praised Better by Mistake as a "great new book" dealing with "how to deal with failure and mistakes in an effective and happier way."{{Cite web|url=https://gretchenrubin.com/happiness_project/2011/04/so-many-people-detract-from-their-happiness-by-worry-about-what-might-happenand-what-people-think-ab/|title=So Many People Detract From Their Happiness By Worry About What Might Happen…and What People Think About Them.|last=Rubin|first=Gretchen|date=April 7, 2011|website=The Happiness Project|publisher=|access-date=}} Tugend also received the Best in Business for Personal Finance in 2011 from the Society of Business Editors and Writers.{{Cite web |title="Frontier Marketsref" |url=https://sabew.org/search/Frontier%20Marketsref |access-date=2023-03-24 |website=SABEW |language=en-US}}

Tugend is married to the journalist Mark Stein and they have two children.

• Bernstein, Amy D. (Co-Editor); Bernstein, Peter W. (Co-Editor) (2006). The New York Times Practical Guide to Practically Everything – the Essential Companion for Everyday Life. St. Martin's Press (New York City). {{ISBN|978-0-312-35388-9}}.
• Tugend, Alina (2011). Better by Mistake: The Unexpected Benefits of Being Wrong. Riverhead.

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• [https://query.nytimes.com/search/query?query=Alina+Tugend,+ShortCuts&d=&o=&v=&c=&n=10&dp=0&daterange=full&sort=newest Shortcuts columns on nytimes.com]
• [http://www.govexec.com/features/0504-15/0504-15s2.htm Government Executive article on policy wars within the EPA]
• [http://www.govexec.com/features/0903/0903s4.htm Government Executive article on compensating 9/11 victims]

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