Caitlin Dewey Rainwater

Caitlin Dewey Rainwater (former byline Caitlin Dewey, born August 15, 1989) is an American journalist.

Rainwater writes for the Buffalo News and was formerly with the Washington Post where she founded the Post's blog the Intersect. Rainwater was also the food policy writer for Wonkblog, another Post blog. She wrote an 82-week column for the Post entitled "What Was Fake On The Internet This Week" (the blog ended in December 2015).[1]

Her reporting on Gamergate, the harassment of women in the online gaming world, prompted a Congressional inquiry into the issue. She has won awards from, among other organizations, the Society of Features Journalism.[2]

She graduated from the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, where she won the New York Times' 2012 "Modern Love: College Essay Contest".[3]

References
  1. "Digital Culture Critic Abandons 'Fake On The Internet' Column". NPR. December 21, 2015.
  2. "Caitlin Dewey joins Financial staff". The Washington Post. 2016-11-21.
  3. Loughlin, Wendy (2012-01-03). "Student wins national New York Times essay contest". S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.


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