Jason Stevenson, 29, is a freelance magazine writer and editor living in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Most recently he was an associate editor at Backpacker where he was part of the editorial team that won a National Magazine Award for "General Excellence" in 2008. He got his start in journalism as an intern and assistant editor at Outside. Prior to becoming a journalist, Jason worked for three years as an economic development consultant in Boston.
He has written for Backpacker, Outside, Wired, Men's Health,
Best Life,
Spirit, Boston, Seed,
DestinAsian,
and World War II. His essay about working on a Scottish sheep farm during the 2001 'foot and mouth' disease outbreak appeared in the travel anthology Europe from a Backpack in 2004.
Jason lives with his wife Jackie in downtown Lancaster, PA.