Donna Foote

Donna Foote is a freelance journalist and former Newsweek correspondent whose reporting covered foreign affairs, education, justice, and law. During her Newsweek career, she reported from London on international and British affairs and later served as deputy bureau chief in Los Angeles, covering major stories including the Rodney King riots and the O. J. Simpson trials. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Fordham University and has lectured at the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business.

Foote is the author of Relentless Pursuit: A Year in the Trenches with Teach for America, a nonfiction account of four first-year Teach for America teachers at Locke High School in South Los Angeles.