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,[lower-alpha 1][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 eight years, eight 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

Notes

References

References authored by Bendery