 Berlack began as a journalist while she was still a college student, reporting from New York for the "Pittsburgh Courier" from 1924 to 1926.She worked at the "New York Amsterdam News" during the 1930s, as a reporter, columnist, and eventually assistant managing editor.Her "Woman of the Week" column highlighted interesting African-American women in various professions in the New York area; she wrote another column, "The Feminist Viewpoint", about political topics.