Kirsten Boyd Goldberg, editor and publisher, joined The Cancer Letter in 1989, working along side her father and company founder Jerry Boyd until his retirement in 1990.  She started the company's web site and electronic newsletters. Her reporting on the U.S. National Cancer Institute has won awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, Washington DC Professional Chapter. Prior to joining The Cancer Letter, Goldberg was a staff writer for Education Week, the national newspaper for K-12 education, from 1986-88. From 1985-86, she was news editor of the Reston (Va.) Connection. She is a graduate of the University of California, Berkely, with a B.A. in economics (1984).