My name is jen by—.
I’m an investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker.
My work has been published in outlets including Al Jazeera, The Guardian, Showtime, Truthout and Unicorn Riot. A film I produced even made it into The Smithsonian.
Crazy, huh?

A little more about me:

• I’m writing a book called Turncoat — ask me about it.

• I have trained hundreds of journalists on physical, psychological and digital safety.

• As a Selden Ring Investigative Fellow at USC Annenberg, I founded the Activism Desk — an experimental news beat covering social justice and protest stories.

• I teach, speak and write about press freedom, movement journalism and the role of counter-narratives in preserving history.

• By day, I work at a hacker-led cyber / security firm, where I help protect human rights organizations from attacks.

• I hold a BA in Religious Studies from Reed College and a MA in Specialized Journalism from the University of Southern California.
  
  Recent awards: Creative Futures Collective Soho House Fellow (‘24-25), Bryce Nelson Award for Distinguished Journalism (‘24).