Mara Winslow joined The Brookline Standard after several years writing for arts and culture publications in the region, bringing to the paper a sensibility shaped by close attention to the places where community life and creative expression intersect.
Winslow has argued, in her reporting and in occasional essays, that culture reporting is one of the most demanding beats in local journalism, requiring an understanding of institutions, funding structures, civic politics, and the sometimes fragile relationships between artists and their communities.
She grew up in the region and studied English literature and art history before working as an editor at a regional magazine. She has taught feature writing at a local university on an occasional basis.