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jess

I'm a New York-based journalist and
editor-at-large for
Sheryl Sandberg's
Lean In foundation.

Former Executive Editor
of TUMBLR; longtime writer and editor at NEWSWEEK.

I write on social issues, women & culture for the
New York Times, The Atlantic & The Daily Beast, among others.
I also produce video.


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Designed by
Jon Rothenberg
for Tumblr.

Things I’ve Produced

* Inside the New York Times ’Lively Morgue’ (WNYC/Tumblr)

* Meet the Directioners: the Superfans of One Direction (MTV/Tumblr)

* ‘D’ is for Divorce: Sesame Street Takes on the Taboo (TIME/Tumblr)

* A Day With New York City’s Pothole Repair Crew (Tumblr)

* Confessions of a Michael Stipe (Tumblr)

* Muhammad Ali Goes to Mars: The Lost Tapes (Tumblr/Blank on Blank)

* Meet James Deen: The Porn Star Next Door (The Daily Beast)

* Breakfast With Kreayshawn (Tumblr)

* Straight Into Compton: A Three Part Series About Community Rebirth (NEWSWEEK)

* Love and Polyamory (Parts One and Two) (NEWSWEEK)

* Marijuana Mecca: How Oakland Became an Icon for the Pot Movement (NEWSWEEK)

* Meet the Preppers: Modern Day Survivalists (NEWSWEEK)

* ‘Invisible and Overlooked’: A Three Part Series on Gay Seniors (NEWSWEEK)

 * From Stonewall to Prop 8: Same-Sex Marriage Energizes a New Generation (NEWSWEEK)

MULTIMEDIA

* 100 years of beauty ideals in motion (NEWSWEEK)

* Interactive: 150 Women Who Shake the World (The Daily Beast)

* The Most Egregious in Retouching Scandals (NEWSWEEK)

* Anatomy of a Tragedy: The Phoebe Prince Bullying Case (NEWSWEEK)

* What’s the True Cost of a Lifetime of Beauty Maintenance? (NEWSWEEK)

* Live Event: Can Women Rule the Media? (Women in the World)

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