Carolyn Sun, a new addition to SLJ's staff.

School Library Journal welcomes a new staff member. Carolyn Sun, a journalist with 12 years experience, has joined the editorial team as SLJ’s news editor. Sun was previously a news correspondent for developing countries at the United Nations from 2013 – 2014. In her work, she has covered topics ranging from gender-based violence to genocide. Prior to the UN, she has worked for MediaGlobal News, UNEARTH News, the Asian American Writers Workshop, Newsweek, and O. She is an active member of the Asian American Journalists Association, the American Copy Editors Society, and the Korea Society. “SLJ covers the dynamically shifting worlds of school libraries and education policy and where the two collide,” says Sun. “I’m thrilled to join its staff.” Sun earned a B.A. in psychology from Tufts University and a M.A. in journalism from New York University. Prior to becoming a journalist, she has worked as a public school teacher in both special education and seventh grade English in the Los Angeles Unified School District at Audubon Middle School, in South Central, and Stevenson Middle School, in East L.A. Responsible for reporting, writing, and editing stories for the Web and SLJ’s award-winning print magazine, Sun succeeds Karyn M. Peterson, who left the company in January 2014. She can be reached at csun[at]mediasourceinc[dot]com. SLJ is the largest reviewer of children’s and young adult books and multimedia products and is the only full-service publication serving the youth and school library market. It reaches more than 100,000 elementary, middle/junior, and senior high school librarians and youth service librarians in the public sector.