https://www.emaoconnor.com/home daily 1.0 2026-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60770596910322023b7ca2c9/cb3ade69-1be6-4313-9030-f015b499acf5/Screen+Shot+2022-01-20+at+11.35.11+AM.png Home BuzzFeed News / Getty Images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60770596910322023b7ca2c9/0c24e783-6f82-4f53-b067-4b2c124598e1/Screen+Shot+2023-09-09+at+2.06.08+PM.png Home Isabel Pavia/Getty Images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60770596910322023b7ca2c9/1624291073223-XBZ3BFUCKH9D6N0H3S6O/Screen+Shot+2021-06-21+at+11.57.35+AM.png Home Zack Wittman for BuzzFeed News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60770596910322023b7ca2c9/1631654123760-6H98NWCLN57X98L7JK8F/Screen+Shot+2021-09-14+at+4.55.10+PM.png Home BuzzFeed News; Scott Dudelson / Getty Images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60770596910322023b7ca2c9/1631654281504-4N72V2WNZIGIAJCB9MK7/Screen+Shot+2021-09-14+at+5.02.27+PM.png Home Akasha Rabut for BuzzFeed News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60770596910322023b7ca2c9/1631654564997-A9XKR0WO620O1LJKMDI1/Screen+Shot+2021-09-14+at+5.06.02+PM.png Home BuzzFeed News; Getty Images https://www.emaoconnor.com/aboutema daily 0.75 2026-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60770596910322023b7ca2c9/37e1cf3e-ea2c-4c05-954d-18f93b43dd28/DSC08836.jpg About - Ema O’Connor is a writer, editor, journalist, organizer, and a born, raised, and prodigal New Yorker, based in Brooklyn and elsewhere. Ema is the author of a forthcoming narrative nonfiction book about her decade reporting on the intersection of reproductive rights, immigration, and LGBTQ+ rights, as well as years embedded with people on the ground working to provide care outside of — and despite — legal and healthcare systems. Ema writes and edits freelance articles on reproductive rights, health, and justice, as well as personal essays, op-eds, and culture reporting. She also pre-edits books, articles, and essays by individual authors. While writing her book, Ema also worked as a union organizer for the News Guild of New York working with NBC, Forbes, and Condé Nast. Before going freelance, Ema was a reporter and editor at BuzzFeed News for eight years. There she edited essays and breaking news and wrote features, news, and investigations on the National and Politics desks — in DC and NY — focusing on gender, race, identity, inequality, and reproductive rights, justice, and health. She was on the trail for the 2016 presidential election, and moved to DC after Trump’s election to report on his administration. During Ema’s BFN tenure she wrote and published 696 articles. She got her start in journalism editing book reviews written by children at The Guardian in London. Ema’s reporting has triggered multiple federal investigations, inspired legislation, and forced CEOs to step down. She is a 2025 Knight Foundation Election Emergency Hub Fellow, 2025 Runnr Pocket MFA fellow, 2024 Monson Arts Award Recipient, was a 2022 and 2020 finalist for a Society of Professional Journalists Award, a 2023 Wassaic Projects Fellow, a 2023 and 2021 VCCA Fellow, a 2019 IWMF Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice in the Americas grantee, a 2018 IWMF African Great Lakes Fellow, and a 2016 Dateline Club Award Finalist. She graduated from Columbia University in 2014 with a BA in English and Art History. She also does a lot of crafty home projects and antique and vintage collecting, and sometimes sells her wares at flea markets and online. Ema is represented by Aevitas Creative Management. You can contact Ema here. Photo by Chris Risch https://www.emaoconnor.com/583544494043 daily 0.75 2023-09-09 https://www.emaoconnor.com/contact-hmu daily 0.75 2026-03-16