Jessica Portner Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

As Senior Editorial Content Manager, I develop, write and edit both print and online content for the Natural History Museum, La Brea Tar Pits, and William S. Hart Museum. I manage a talented team of writers who craft stories, photo essays, and animations for the websites, as well as for the museum's magazine, the Naturalist. I am devoted to NHMLAC's mission of inspiring wonder, discovery and responsibility for our natural and cultural worlds.

Los Angeles County, California, United States

As contributing writer for the blog of the J. Paul Getty Museum, I wrote dozens of features about exhibitions, events, and artists.

Los Angeles, California

Wrote a multitude of news and feature stories about education, art, science, health, juvenile justice, travel, and other topics for publications including the Washington Post, Education Week, Slate, and Popsci, and the Los Angeles Times. Created the quirky, space-oriented blog "What in the Universe?" for the Science Channel's website. I am the author of One in Thirteen: The Silent Epidemic of Teen Suicide. As an editor, I have polished many book proposals, including one for Tim Ferriss's first bestseller, the 4-Hour Workweek.

San Jose, California, United States

As a versatile and award-winning reporter for the prize-winning Bay Area newspaper, I covered education, health, science, the courts, and local government. A data-driven series about the reasons for the skyrocketing price of school textbooks in California won an investigative reporting award from the Education Writers Association. The articles served as a catalyst for legislative action to correct the problems, and won applause from Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, the then-head of the California State Board of Education.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

First prize in 2000 National Awards for Education Reporting for series of articles about teen suicide, awarded by the Education Writers Association (EWA). First prize for the story, the "Silent Epidemic of Teen Suicide" from the National Institute for Healthcare Management for excellence in health care reporting.

As a reporter for the DC Weekly section, wrote more than a hundred stories about Washington D.C. politics, art, and culture.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Ba, Political Science

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