She was a researcher for Showtime’s “Years of Living Dangerously” documentary series, working with Senior Producer Margaret Ebrahim of the Investigative Reporting Workshop. Stein is a former associate of the Center for Investigative Reporting and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. She also won first place for investigative/enterprise reporting from the California Newspaper Publishers Association, among other honors, for her 2002 cover story “Jagged Little Pill: What every pregnant woman should know about a powerful new drug,” published in Metro Silicon Valley.