Leslie Brokaw

Senior Affiliated Faculty - On Leave
Pronouns: (She/Her/Hers)
Leslie Brokaw
Email Email leslie_brokaw@emerson.edu

Leslie Brokaw teaches Magazine Publishing Overview.

Leslie is a contributing editor for MIT Sloan Management Review, where she edits articles by MIT SMR's expert contributors and columnists, for both print and online. 

She previously served as editor-in-chief of Leader magazine, a publication for adult volunteers of Girl Scouts of the USA; U.S. editor of Colloquy India, a magazine published by LoyaltyOne, a Canadian marketing company; and editor-in-chief of Inc.com, the website of the national business magazine. For three years she reported on the New England film community as a weekly columnist for the Boston Globe

Leslie has a foot in the book world, too. She is co-author of 17 Frommer's guidebooks, including the most recent editions of Montréal Day by Day (2020) and Boston Day by Day (2019). She worked as a consulting editor to psychologists Dr. Anthony Rao and Dr. Paul Napper on their book The Power of Agency, published by Macmillian in 2019.

About

Education

B.A., Wesleyan University

Areas of Expertise

  • Editing

Publications

Montréal Day by Day

2020
2010-2020

Co-author of 17 Frommer's travel books including the most recent editions of Montréal Day by Day (2020), Boston Day by Day (2019), New England (2019), and Montréal & Québec City (2016).

Boston Day by Day

2019
2018-2020

Co-author of 17 Frommer's travel books including the most recent editions of Montréal Day by Day (2020), Boston Day by Day (2019), New England (2019), and Montréal & Québec City (2016).