Macaela MacKenzie is a journalist who writes about women and power.
My work is about elevating women’s voices.
I do that as a published author and experienced speaker, as a ghostwriter working with women leaders, as a journalist specializing in health, and as a content strategist for purpose-driven brands.
Author & Speaker
Mac is the author of MONEY, POWER, RESPECT: How Women in Sports Are Shaping the Future of Feminism, featured by The Washington Post, TIME, CNN, BBC, PBS, Fortune, Glamour and SELF, and an Amazon Editor’s Pick for best nonfiction. She has appeared as an on-air expert for CNN, the BBC, PBS, HLN and WNYC and is a veteran podcast guest. Mac has spoken in front of hundreds of people as a keynote speaker and appeared on panels as both an expert guest and moderator.
Ghostwriter
As a ghostwriter, Macaela partners with women in leadership roles—executives, founders, and changemakers—on books, keynotes, and longform thought leadership content. She specializes in capturing your authentic voice, clarifying complex ideas, and adding rigorous research to bring authority your vision. She’s ghosted traditionally published books, hybrid memoirs-meet-self-improvment, keynotes, and branded content.
Journalist & Editor
Mac covers women’s equality through many lenses including wellness, motherhood, sports, and science; in all of these spaces, she is most fascinated with the forces that shape women's relationship with and access to power and agency. She was most recently a Senior Editor at Glamour where she directed health & wellness coverage and profiled groundbreaking women including Billie Jean King, Megan Rapinoe, Simone Biles, Allyson Felix, Alex Morgan, Chloe Kim, Maya Moore, and Mikaela Shiffrin. Mac has over 2,500 bylines for leading media outlets including The Washington Post, Fortune, Glamour, Elle, SELF, NBC, Bustle, Marie Claire, Allure, Women's Health, the Johns Hopkins Health Review, and Forbes among many other publications
Content Strategist
Mac helps brands and founders communicate with clarity and impact—especially through newsletters, social platforms, and owned channels.
Macaela graduated cum laude from Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism, where she studied magazine journalism, sociology, and psychology. She lives in Connecticut with her husband, son, and far too many books.