Jessica Bennett (journalist)

Jessica Bennett
Born Seattle, Washington
Residence New York City
Education Boston University
Occupation Journalist
Employer Newsweek
TIME
Tumblr
Awards New York Press Club Award (multiple)
Newswomen's Club of New York (multiple)
GLAAD Media Award
James Beard
ASME (nominated)
Website Jessica Bennett

Jessica Bennett (born 1981) is an American journalist who writes on gender, sexuality and culture. She is a columnist at Time and a frequent contributor to The New York Times. She is a curator of the Lean in Collection, a photo initiative to change the depiction of women in stock photography.[1]

Personal background

Bennett grew up in Seattle, Washington, where she attended Garfield High School. She received a B.S. from Boston University, where she was a student reporter covering crime at The Boston Globe. She moved to New York City after college to become a research assistant to investigative reporter Wayne Barrett.

Career

Bennett began her career at Newsweek, where she spent seven years as a staff writer and editor. She wrote a controversial cover story about the magazine's long history of sexism, framed around the story of 46 female staffers who sued the company for gender discrimination in the 1970s, paving the way for female journalists.[2] That story is the subject of a book, The Good Girls Revolt, by Lynn Povich.[3] Bennett went on to become the executive editor of Tumblr[4] and a contributing editor to Sheryl Sandberg's women's nonprofit, LeanIn.org.[5] Bennett has written on millennials and marriage, feminism, stay-at-home dads,[6] gay rights, pot policy, school bullying, love in the new millennium, the perils of modern texting,[7] modern-day survivalism,[8] the rebirth of Compton,[9] resting bitch face,[10] and the first profile of Monica Lewinsky in over a decade.[11]

She also covered the Jerry Sandusky abuse scandal,[12][13] the bully suicide of Phoebe Prince,[14][15][16][17] and won a NY Press Club award for the story on the Nikki Catsouras photographs controversy, a young woman killed in a car accident whose death photos went viral after being leaked by the Highway Patrol.[18][19]

Bennett's work has been honored by the Newswomen's Club of New York,[20] GLAAD[21] and the New York Press Club, which awarded her for "Outstanding Web Coverage" and named her the city's best young journalist.[22] She is currently working on her first book, Feminist Fight Club, a field guide for navigating gender dynamics at work, which will be published by Harper Wave in 2016.[23]

References

  1. ↑ Kat Stoeffel. "Q&A: The Curator of Lean In's Feminist Stock Photos". New York Magazine's The Cut. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
  2. ↑ Jessica Bennett and Jesse Ellison. "Young Women, Newsweek, and Sexism". Newsweek. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
  3. ↑ Liesl Schillinger. "Throwing Stones at Glass Ceilings". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
  4. ↑ Brian Stelter. "Blogging Site Tumblr Makes Itself the News". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
  5. ↑ Suzanna Bobadilla. "Meet Jessica Bennett, Feminist Powerhouse and Editor of Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In". Mic. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
  6. ↑ Bennett, Jessica (14 November 2014). "The Brotherhood of the Stay-at-Home Dad". The New York Times.
  7. ↑ Bennett, Jessica (29 August 2014). "Bubbles Carry a Lot of Weight". The New York Times.
  8. ↑ Bennett, Jessica (27 Dec 2009). "Rise of the Preppers: America's New Survivalists". Newsweek.
  9. ↑ Bennett, Jessica (23 March 2009). "How Compton Got its Groove Back". Newsweek.
  10. ↑ Bennett, Jessica (1 August 2015). "I’m Not Mad. That’s Just My RBF.". The New York Times.
  11. ↑ Bennett, Jessica (19 March 2015). "Monica Lewinsky Is Back, but This Time It’s on Her Terms". The New York Times.
  12. ↑ Bennett, Jessica; Bernstein, Jacob (13 Dec 2011). "Can Anybody Defend Jerry Sandusky?". The Daily Beast.
  13. ↑ Bennett, Jessica; Bernstein, Jacob (13 Dec 2011). "Jerry Sandusky Surprises by Waiving Right to Preliminary Hearing".
  14. ↑ Bennett, Jessica (1 October 2010). "Is the 'Bullying Epidemic' a Media Myth?". Newsweek.
  15. ↑ Bennett, Jessica (4 Oct 2010). "Phoebe Prince: Should School Bullying Be a Crime?". Newsweek.
  16. ↑ Bennett, Jessica (4 October 2010). "Phoebe Prince Bullying Case: Anatomy of a Tragedy". Newsweek.
  17. ↑ Bennett, Jessica (6 May 2011). "Phoebe Prince: Have Her Bullies Suffered Enough?". Newsweek.
  18. ↑ Bennett, Jessica (24 April 2009). "One Family's Fight Against Grisly Web Photos". Newsweek.
  19. ↑ Bennett, Jessica (2 April 2010). "For Family of Nikki Catsouras, a Victory in Court". Newsweek.
  20. ↑ "Newswomen's Cub of NY 2011 Winners".
  21. ↑ "Pictures and Winners From The 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in NYC". GLAAD.org.
  22. ↑ "NY Press Club Awards: 2011 Winners".
  23. ↑ "About". Feminist Fight Club.

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