A native of Washington, D.C., Masters began her journalism career at
Education Daily, a newsletter in the Washington, D.C. area. Masters was a staff reporter for
The Washington Post, a correspondent for
NPR, and a contributing editor for
Vanity Fair, and
Esquire. For her first Vanity Fair assignment in 1993, Masters landed the first interview with
Lorena Bobbitt. In 2000, Masters quit
Time to work for
Inside magazine, founded by
Kurt Andersen and Michael Hirschorn (2000-2001). Between 2006 and 2008, Masters wrote articles for
Hollywoodland, a
blog for
Slate magazine. In 2016, she was appointed to the
Peabody Board of Jurors. In 2017, Masters' article, on sexual harassment claims against
Roy Price, head of
Amazon Studios, was declined by
The Hollywood Reporter,
The New York Times,
BuzzFeed News, and others, before being published in August by
The Information. Later, in October 2017, The Hollywood Reporter published two articles by Masters which led to Price's exit from Amazon Studios. ==Books==