She earned a master’s degree from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, and a second master’s in public policy from Rutgers University’s Eagleton Institute. Her experience includes more than 25 years researching, reporting, writing, and editing for various publications, companies, and academic institutions. This included six years as a reporter and editor at a New Jersey daily newspaper and stints as a copyeditor and reporter for The New York Post. She also taught editing as an adjunct professor at New York University’s School of Professional Studies. Rubin joined the Journalism Studies faculty in 2015.