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What Goes On Behind the Cameras at Home Makeover Shows?

The Future of Space Tourism Is Now. Well, Not Quite.

Black Homeowners Face Discrimination in Appraisals

Hotels Roll Out the Welcome Mat to ‘Super Commuters’

Hounded by Wildfires, Californians Rethink Their Willingness to Rebuild

How an 11-Foot-Tall 3-D Printer Is Helping to Create a Community

Hold the Tequila. The Sunrise Is All Some Travelers Need.

Parents Join Forces to Rethink ‘Back to School’

One Spouse Can Work From Anywhere. The Other Can’t. So They Live Apart.

For Military Families, V.A. Loans Are a Lifeline, but With a Catch

Getting to Know My Late Father Through His Travel Journals

Experts are worried about covid-19′s effect on childhood obesity. Here’s what we can do.

The American school year is a mess — so these families decided to move abroad

Family Travel Gets Complicated Without a Covid Vaccine for Kids

A Different Early-Bird Special: Have Vaccine, Will Travel

In Israel, a New Passion for Palestinian Cuisine

Filmmakers Who Are Ultra-Orthodox and Ultracommitted

LIVING IN - CALIFORNIA
Highland Park, Los Angeles: A Watchful Eye on Gentrification

Is Marijuana the World's Most Effective Treatment for Autism?

about.

I'm an award-winning journalist covering everything from travel to culture to real estate trends. My work appears regularly in The New York Times, and I am also a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal, Conde Nast Traveler and other top publications.

For nearly a decade I lived in and reported from Israel, where I covered the Middle East entertainment industry as the Tel Aviv stringer for Variety and produced award-winning travel feature stories including "In Israel, A New Passion for Palestinian Cuisine" for The New York Times, which won a Lowell Thomas Award for best travel journalism. I'm also a recipient of a NATJA award from the North American Travel Journalists Association, and my piece on racism in the home appraisal industry, which was a finalist for a MOLLY Journalism Prize, kickstarted a national conversation about discrimination in the home valuation process and helped prompt President Biden to create a national task force on property appraisals.

In 2018, I gave a TedX Talk in Porto, Portugal, about my experiences reporting in Kigali, Rwanda for The New York Times and that nation's success in rebuilding after their genocide 30 years ago.

My husband and I are parents to twin daughters, as well as one very rambunctious rescue pup.

contact.

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Email: debrakamin (at) gmail (dot) com or use the form below.