After starting my career as a music writer I have written some good copy, some bad copy and, yes, some ugly copy.
Having survived the music industry and its untimely death, I now bring more than a decade of experience in editorial and copyediting around climate and policy, film arts, and mental health.
Used to be, if my name ended up next to the word "thanks" on a band's liner notes, I'd get a little bump from my brain's reward center. For the most part, that was the only kind of recognition I wanted.
It wasn't until 2016 that I felt the warmth of a thank you made in semi-public. At the San Francisco International Film Festival premiere of "Not Without Us," my name had been added to the long list of people to thank at the credits. The surprise appreciation was better than if I had known about it ahead of time.
One might think that I have been throwing myself at the chance to surprised by a public thank you ever since. But no. I have not let that moment in the spotlight make me forget who I am and where I came from. I'm Jennie Rose from Oberlin Ohio and I have a writing habit.
My bylines include PMA magazine, Lateral magazine, Bay City Beacon, The Daily Climate, A Beautiful Perspective, WIRED, MTV, Time Out, Berkeley Ecology Center, and the PBS-affiliated KQED and Independent Lens.