Anastasia Stanmeyer has been editor of Berkshire Magazine since its 2012 debut. After graduating with a degree in political science from the University of Kansas, she began her journalism career with daily newspapers, writing for publications such as the Tampa Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, and Dallas Morning News. Then she moved over to magazines, contributing to Time, Asiaweek, Newsweek, and Stern, among others. She was based in Asia for 12 years and has covered regions under major political and social change such as South Sudan, Indonesia, Cambodia, Myanmar (Burma), and Haiti. She documented the AIDS epidemic throughout Asia and its connectivity to social issues and women’s rights. She moved to Otis in 2008 and continues to be very involved in her Berkshire community. She was a MCLA Hardman Journalist in Residence in 2015.
