Stephenie Overman, a freelance journalist, has written for publications all over the world covering workplace and healthcare issues from antibiotic overuse to labor law violations. She’s been published in at least 35 different magazines, 13 newspapers and news services, 22 online media sources and 21 professional newsletters. Overman is also the author of “Next Generation Wellness at Work,” a nuts-and-bolts, how-to guide for managers that offers strategy on how to take full advantage of the benefits that wellness programs can offer both employees and companies.
Stephenie earned the 2019 Dateline Award for Excellence in Local Journalism, and she’s been very involved in the Society of Professional Journalists, now serving as a regional coordinator. She is past president of both the Washington, D.C., and New Jersey chapters and was secretary of the Los Angeles chapter. Additionally, she was COO of the 2004 national SPJ convention in New York and co-chair of the 1996 Washington national convention. For her SPJ efforts, Overman has received a Howard S. Dubin Outstanding Pro Chapter Member Award.
Her career as a writer and editor spans over three decades, and her content has appeared in publications such as Fortune.com, Forbes.com, Washington Post Express, Virginia Business, Salon, the Los Angeles Business Journal, HR Magazine, and Bloomberg Daily Labor Report. She’s currently a contributor to Virginia Business magazine as well as HR News / HR Magazine, which focuses on a wide range of human resource-related subjects, including health care, recruiting/hiring, wages, benefits, family leave, EEOC and overtime regulations.
Stephenie is also a contributing editor for The HR Agenda, which is Japan’s first bilingual human-resource-focused magazine. Stephenie earned a Bachelor of Science degree at Ball State in both Journalism and Political Science before pursuing her master’s degree in Labor Studies from the University of the District of Columbia.