Name
Iva Skoch (that’s Ee-vah Scoach, not I’ve a Scotch, thank you very much)
Iva Skochová (that’s the Czech, feminine version of my name)

Home town
New York City, Prague and the airspace in between

Age
I was 12 when the Berlin Wall came down

Degrees

• MS in Magazine Writing, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York
• BA in Politics & Society, Anglo-American College, Prague, Czech Rep

Languages
English and Czech. Prefer speaking in Czech, writing in English.

Publications
Newsweek.com, gadling.com, TimeOut Prague, Redink.com, Columbia Journalist, The Prague Post, MUSO, and in Czech in Reflex, Respekt, Lidové Noviny.

Topics covered
Elections, healthcare, travel, cancertainment, education, gay porn and most recently, marriage.

Press
English

NPR -  Young People Living, And Laughing, With Cancer

The Human Condition – Newsweek – Q&A: Iva Skoch on Cancertainment

Czech
Radio 1:Radio.cz: 

Radio Wave:

AWARDS

• Best Cancer Reporter, Merit Award, European School of Oncology, Rome, 2006
• Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship for 2009, by Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism 2009
• Horgan Prize for Critical Science Writing