She cofounded the quarterly magazine Meatpaper in 2006 with former Salon.com journalist Sasha Wizansky.
Standen was born and raised in San Francisco, California.
[3] Standen began her career in journalism working in New York City for KPFA.
While working as a radio reporter for KQED, Standen has been responsible for covering science and environmental issues facing Northern California.
She interviewed chef Chris Cosentino for issue zero of Meatpaper.