About

Lauren Booker is a digital editor working for The Boston Globe. She works on Globe special projects and with two teams that look at inequity — one that examines the racial wealth gap, and another that tackles race, class, and opportunity in schools.

While writing regular bylines, Lauren develops and executes digital strategies, which includes social, newsletters, and SEO. In 2024, Lauren was a finalist for an Online Journalism Award in the Excellence in Newsletters, Portfolio category for her work in creating and producing the Money, Power, Inequality weekly newsletter.

As a journalist working in digital media for more than eight years, she previously was a producer for The Boston Globe’s homepage team supporting the award-winning newspaper’s digital footprint. She had a hand in directing coverage for major stories during her time in the role, including the coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 presidential election, and the war in Ukraine. She also led digital strategy for Globe projects including Black News Hour.

Prior to joining the Globe in 2020, Lauren was based in Atlanta with bylines featured across WABE (an NPR affiliate), The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and CNN. While attending Georgia State University, she began her career in journalism as a reporter and editor for the university’s newspaper, The Signal. Lauren has won the Atlanta Press Club’s Lifestyle Journalism Award of Excellence and the College Journalist of the Year Award. Lauren has an MFA in creative nonfiction from Goucher College and a BA in journalism from Georgia State University.