Jenna Wortham

Jenna Wortham
Jenna Wortham speaks at MoMA, 2016
Occupation	Journalist The New York Times Magazine
Alma mater	University of Virginia
Subjects	Technology, business, culture
Notable works	Still Processing
Website
JennyDeluxe.com

Jenna Wortham is a technology reporter and staff writer for The New York Times Magazine. She co-hosts The New York Times podcast Still Processing.

Wortham grew up in Alexandria, Virginia, then studied medical anthropology at the University of Virginia. She graduated in 2004.

After college, Wortham moved to San Francisco, where she interned for San Francisco Magazine and Girlfriend Magazine and wrote for SFist, eventually becoming a technology and culture reporter for Wired. She joined The New York Times in 2008, working as a technology and business reporter, then moved to the Times magazine in 2014; Politico said the hire "gives the magazine additional editorial firepower and cachet," citing Wortham's "huge following" including more than 530,000 Twitter followers as of December 2014.

Wortham's work has also appeared in Matter, The Awl, Bust, The Hairpin, Vogue, The Morning News, and The Fader among other publications. Pi.co calls her "one of those rare writers who is able to explain the shapeshifting culture of the younger and newer internet."The Fader named Wortham's piece on The Shade Room "Instagram's TMZ" to its list of "The Best Culture Writing of 2015."

In addition to praise for her technology reporting, Wortham has been recognized for her commentary on a range of cultural topics. At The Village Voice, Mallika Rao described Wortham as "skirt[ing] the edges of tech, culture, and identity in her writing — carving out her own corner of the internet wherein she is a rightful star. (A shimmering Lemonade essay prompted a thank-you note from the Queen herself, signed "Love, Beyoncé" and 'grammed by Wortham.)" Other topics in Wortham's writing have included queer identity and race and gender on television. At Rookie, Diamond Sharp praised Wortham's "incisive writing, and the generous way she moves within the world. She is, with no hyperbole, one of the most important minds working in media."