Elizabeth Flock

Flock studied English at Boston College, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 2008.^[5][6] She later earned a certificate in documentary film at the George Washington University in 2013 and completed a master's degree in Literary Reportage at New York University through the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute.^[7][8][9]

In 2008, Flock joined Forbes India, where she worked for two years as a features and investigative reporter.^[10][11] From 2010 to 2012, she covered foreign and breaking news for U.S. News & World Report and The Washington Post.^[12][13][14]

From 2017 to 2019, Flock worked at PBS NewsHour as a reporter and producer, contributing to its books coverage, including the "Now Read This" series. At NewsHour, she also investigated and reported on sexual harassment in the U.S. Forest Service.^{[15][16][17][18][19]}

In 2018, Flock published The Heart Is a Shifting Sea: Love and Marriage in Mumbai, a nonfiction book that follows three Mumbai couples over more than a decade and examines marriage amid social and cultural change.^[20][21][22] Flock published her second book, The Furies: Women, Vengeance, and Justice, in 2024, about three women who fought back in self-defense and the aftermath.^{[23][24][25][26]}

In 2022, she served as executive producer of the Netflix documentary State of Alabama vs. Brittany Smith. Flock hosts the podcast Blind Plea, a series about self-defense through the lens of one woman's case.^[27][28][29]