title: Katherine Salant
text: # Katherine Salant
  
  Katherine Salant is a journalist and nationally syndicated real estate newspaper columnist, author, and blogger whose most famous column "Housewatch" appeared in The Washington Post in 1994.
  
  Salant grew up in Northern Virginia and received her Bachelor of Arts from Wellesley College. In 1968 she went to Harvard University to study architecture and received a Fulbright scholarship in 1972.
  
  In 1994, Salant began writing a column about the many facets of home owning for The Washington Post called "Housewatch" which has since become syndicated under the name “Your New Home” to over 40 media outlets, some of which include the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, Houston Chronicle, The Denver Post, Miami Herald, Orlando Sentinel, and The Sacramento Bee.
  
  ## Published works
  
  * The Brand New House Book
  * 4 Villages: Architecture in Nepal
  
  ## Awards and grants
  
  * Fulbright Scholar, 1972–74
  * National Endowment for the Arts Professional Fellow, 1980
  * National Endowment for the Arts Design Communication Grant, 1981
  * Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Award for Fashion and Design, 1995
  * National Association of Real Estate Editors (NAREE), Best Column in 2012 and 2002, and runner up, four times
  