Jennifer Bendery
Jennifer Lee Bendery | |
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Born | 1974 (age 49–50) |
Occupation | Journalist |
Nationality | American |
Education |
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Subject | Capital Hill |
Years active | 2007 – current |
Website | |
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Jennifer Lee Bendery (born 1974) is an American political journalist whose focus has been on Capitol Hill, including coverage of U.S. policy regarding women and minorities – particularly Savanna's Act and the Violence Against Women Act.[2][3][4]
Career
From 1996 to 1998, Bendery was Health Care Policy Reporter for the Manisses Communications Group in Providence, Rhode Island. From 1999 to 2002, she was marketing/promotions manager in San Francisco for Jossey-Bass/John Wiley & Sons (religion & nonprofit book series). From 2003 to 2007, she covered the Texas Legislature for GalleryWatch,[a][5] Austin Bureau. During that period, Bendery, in 2005, completed an M.A. degree in English literature at San Francisco State University. From 2007 to 2011, she was a Congressional and White House staff reporter for Roll Call. Since 2011, Bendery has written for the HuffPost, where she is currently (as of April 2021) Senior Politics Reporter.[4]
Selected articles
- January 29, 2020, Bendery authored a story in the HuffPost that included a list of U.S. House and Senate members who had tested positive for COVID-19.[6]
- April 20, 2021, Bendery broke the story in the HuffPost that Congressman Jeff Fortenberry made emergency calls to the U.S. Capitol Police to test response time. The exercise roused the ire of Capitol Police personnel.[7]
Bendery's subjects
Bendery has authored articles criticizing aspects of the following:
Professional affiliations
- President, Washington Press Club Foundation. Bendery has been a member of the foundation for eleven years, two months (since September 2013). Before her current role as President, she served as co-chair of the Congressional Dinner committee for two years and Vice President for two years.
Family
Bendery, by way of her mother – Margaret Bendery (née Margaret Whitcomb) – is a niece of journalist Robert Bassett Whitcomb, Jr. (born 1947) of The Providence Journal.[8]
Bibliography
Annotations
- ^ GalleryWatch is a legislative bill- and document-tracking service operated by Roll Call Group, publisher of Roll Call. The Roll Call Group is a subsidiary of The Economist Group. ("Roll Call")
Notes
References
- "Bendery, Jennifer". Marquis Who's Who (accessible online via the Gale Group).
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- Bernstein, Jonathan (December 30, 2020). "Why Would Biden Put a Republican in His Cabinet?". Politics & Policy. Bloomberg News.
- Commencement Program (May 11, 1996). "Jennifer L. Bendery". Eighty-Fifth Commencement. Fredericksburg, Virginia: Mary Washington College. p. 25. Retrieved April 21, 2021 – via Internet Archive.
- "Roll Call". Encyclopædia Britannica (online). Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. n.d. Retrieved April 21, 2021 (article added to Britannica's online database July 20, 1998)
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- "Whitcomb, Robert Bassett". Who's Who in America (53rd ed.). Marquis Who's Who. 1999. Retrieved April 21, 2021 – via Internet Archive. Vol. 2 of 3; p. 4751
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References authored by Bendery
- Bendery, Jennifer (April 26, 2012). "Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Overwhelmingly Passes Senate". 2012 renewal coverage. HuffPost.
- Bendery, Jennifer (September 21, 2020). "Congress Finally Passes Bill to Address Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women – Native American Women Are Disappearing and Being Killed – Savanna's Act Will Help Bring Them Some Justice". Politics. HuffPost.
- Bendery, Jennifer (January 29, 2021). "All the Members of Congress Who Have Tested Positive For COVID-19 – More Than 60 House and Senate Lawmakers Have Been Diagnosed With the Deadly Virus". Corona Virus. HuffPost. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
- Bendery, Jennifer (April 20, 2021). "GOP Congressman Made Emergency Calls to Police Just to See How Quickly They'd Come". HuffPost. Retrieved April 20, 2021
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- 1974 births
- Living people
- Political journalists
- American women journalists
- American political writers
- 21st-century American journalists
- 21st-century American non-fiction writers
- 21st-century American women writers
- San Francisco State University alumni
- University of Mary Washington alumni
- People from Annandale, Virginia