--- description: Rebecca Soffer is the cofounder of Modern Loss and a former producer of The Colbert Report. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Rebecca Soffer ## Rebecca Soffer Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close _Rebecca Soffer is the cofounder of_ [_Modern Loss_](https://modernloss.substack.com/about) _and a former producer of The Colbert Report._ ## Rebecca Soffer Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  May 19, 2026 ### [Stephen Colbert Made the Hard Parts of Being Human Watchable](https://time.com/article/2026/05/19/stephen-colbert-made-hard-parts-being-human-watchable/) Colbert created television where grief could appear without being treated as an anomaly, writes Rebe... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 4, 2025 ### [The Holidays Can Be Brutal](https://time.com/7336855/holidays-grief-family-death-loss/) In a season that's bittersweet for many, let's give ourselves permission to show up as we are. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 10, 2025 ### [Navigating the Grief of Losing My Mother, 18 Years Later](https://time.com/7284451/grief-loss-mother-rebecca-soffer-essay/) The passage of time doesn’t erase grief, but rather, stretches it. But that’s not a failure of heali... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 14, 2022 ### [Don't Say You 'Can't Imagine' the Grief of Those Who Have Lost Loved Ones. Ask Them to Tell You Their Stories](https://time.com/6166462/covid-19-deaths-grief-stories/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: {"meta\_title":"","meta\_description":"","og\_title":"","og\_description":"","og\_imageConnection":{"edges":\[\],"\_\_typename":"SysAssetConnection"},"twitter\_card":null,"\_\_typename":"Seo"} ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/rebecca-soffer/","name":"Rebecca Soffer"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/rebecca-soffer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/rebecca-soffer/"},"name":"Rebecca Soffer","jobTitle":"","description":"Rebecca Soffer is the cofounder of Modern Loss and a former producer of The Colbert Report.","url":"https://time.com/author/rebecca-soffer/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```