She was previously senior correspondent for the Wall Street Journal in Moscow. In addition to two extensive tours in Afghanistan and Russia with Reuters, Ferris-Rotman has reported from over a dozen countries for The Atlantic, Haaretz, Politico and other publications. She has twice been an International Reporting Project (IRP) Fellow, where she covered the Nepal earthquake and produced a series on religion in Ukraine, making her a finalist for the 2015 Religion Newswriters Association's Features Award. In 2013, she was awarded a John S. Knight Journalism Fellowship at Stanford University, where she developed Sahar Speaks, a new program for Afghan female journalists in collaboration with The Huffington Post -- for which she won the 2015 Georgina Henry Women in Journalism Award. She holds a B.A. and M.A. in Russian Studies from University College London.