[5] After graduating from Wellesley, Levine began her career in journalism at the Record in Hackensack, New Jersey.
[7] In 1994, Levine was named the first female editor-in-chief of Good Housekeeping magazine.
In 2003, she was awarded the inaugural Media Award by the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) for her thoughtful inclusion of mental illness discussions in Good Housekeeping.
[7] Levine was President of the American Society of Magazine Editors from 1994 to 1996 and a member of the U.S. Attorney General's Commission on Pornography.
[7] For her work on the Commission, the Atlantic Coast Independent Distributors honored Levine for outstanding defense of the First Amendment.