Jennifer Preston

Jennifer Preston worked as a reporter and editor for the New York Times for nearly two decades before becoming vice president of journalism at the Knight Foundation in 2014. At the Times, she spent almost seven years as a senior editor and was named the company’s first social media editor, responsible for digital journalism and social media storytelling, in 2009. Previously, Preston was a reporter for New York Newsday, the Philadelphia Daily News, and Philadelphia’s The Bulletin. She has received several awards for reporting including the New York Press Club’s Gold Typewriter Award for Public Service and the New York State Bar Association’s Award for Investigative Reporting. In 2013 Fast Company named her one of the top twenty-five women to follow on Twitter. Preston is the author of Queen Bess: An Unauthorized Biography of Bess Myerson.