About

Abigail Ronck Hartstone earned her master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University in 2012. She attended Brown University for her undergraduate education, where she studied English literature and creative writing.

She was formerly the U.S. editor for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-funded website How We Get to Next and most recently worked as an editorial consultant for the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University and the Harvard Kennedy School Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy.

Abigail has worked in the tech startup world for Brooklyn digital publisher Atavist, and in print as the managing editor of two professional photography magazines, Rangefinder and AfterCapture. Extensive world travel throughout Thailand, Cambodia, China, Japan, Australia and parts of Europe, and her volunteer work at an orphanage in Tijuana, Mexico, inspire her emotional commitment to exposing untold stories and mobilizing dialogue through the storied word.

She is currently collaborating with her husband, Joey Hartstone, writing feature films and television. She lives in Los Angeles.