Emi covers the intersection of politics and private life for the Washington Sun.
Reporting extensively on the fertility industry, Nietfeld has been noted in the Best American Essays, named a finalist for the Online Journalism Awards, nominated for the Pushcart Prize (twice), and won a New York Press Club Award for feature writing. Her work has been cited in Supreme Court briefs and law reviews, anthologized in an AP English textbook, and taught in classrooms from Arkansas to Australia.
Nietfeld is also the author of ACCEPTANCE (Penguin Press ‘22). Called “a remarkable memoir” by the New York Times Book Review, it was named a best book of the year by NPR. THE SURROGATES, her examination of America’s multibillion-dollar third-party-pregnancy industry, is forthcoming from Viking in 2028.
Nietfeld is a frequent commentator on assisted reproduction and hot-button cultural issues for international media outlets.
She graduated from Harvard College with a degree in computer science and statistics. Before becoming a journalist, she worked as a software engineer at Google and Meta. Before joining the Washington Sun, she wrote for the New York Times, WIRED, New York Magazine, and many other publications. Originally from Minneapolis, Emi lives in New York City.
You can reach her on Signal at emi.363.
