Libby Copeland

Journalist

A former staff reporter at The Washington Post, award-winning journalist Libby Copeland has written for The Atlantic, Slate, Smithsonian, The New York Times, The New Republic, and The Wall Street Journal. Her book, "The Lost Family: How DNA Testing is Upending Who We Are", explores the rapidly evolving phenomenon of home DNA testing, its implications for how we think about family and ourselves, and its ramifications for American culture broadly.