Ellen Iwamoto
Director of Research Support Services, APPC
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Ellen Iwamoto is a journalist who worked for the Philadelphia Inquirer for 21 years as a copy editor on the regional and national/foreign copy desks. Previously, she spent five years as a news editor and copy editor at the Lexington Herald-Leader in Kentucky. She also works as a freelance editor. She earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism at the University of Kansas.