Madison Yauger

Madison Yauger is a commerce staff writer for The Spruce focusing on home decor, bed, and bath content. She joined the team in January 2022, but has worked for Dotdash Meredith since February 2021 working in production and writing commerce stories for Meredith legacy brands such as Real Simple, Martha Stewart Living, and People. Prior to writing in the commerce space, Madison wrote lifestyle and news stories for many of the same brands, in addition to a human rights news agency called GroundUp in Cape Town, South Africa. In total, she has over 120 bylines across 20 local, national, and international publications. In each of these veins of journalism, Madison puts accuracy and human interest at the forefront of her work. When not working, she enjoys spending time with family and friends, voraciously reading, and befriending every dog in Manhattan.

Highlights:

• Madison’s stories have been published at brands including Real Simple, Martha Stewart Living, Southern Living, Better Homes & Gardens, Health, People, Food & Wine, Shape, Travel + Leisure, Departures, InStyle, Daily Paws, and more. 
• Madison has a B.A. in Communication and an M.S. in Journalism from Wake Forest University and Northwestern University, respectively.