Editing Ted Allen (section)

==Early life and education==
Allen graduated from [[Carmel High School (Indiana)|Carmel High School]] in [[Carmel, Indiana]] in 1983 and was inducted into the school's Alumni Hall of Fame in 2011.<ref name="Alumni Hall of Fame">{{cite web|url=http://www1.ccs.k12.in.us/chs/about/alumni-honorees#2011|title=Alumni Hall of Fame|access-date=December 19, 2013|archive-date=December 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220063311/http://www1.ccs.k12.in.us/chs/about/alumni-honorees#2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> He received a degree in psychology from [[Purdue University]] in 1987. Subsequently, he enrolled in Purdue's [[Krannert School of Management|Krannert Graduate School of Management]] but left to accept a job as a copy editor at the [[Lafayette, Indiana]], ''[[Journal & Courier]]''.

He later returned to graduate school, earning an MA in journalism from the Science and Environmental Reporting Program at [[New York University]]. He then moved to [[Chicago]], where he worked as a reporter for [[Lerner Newspapers]], a chain of community weekly newspapers.