Jennifer Gonnerman

Jennifer Gonnerman has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 2015. Her first piece for the magazine, “Before the Law,” documented the story of Kalief Browder, a teenager who spent three years on Rikers Island without being convicted of a crime. The story was a finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing. She has received numerous honors for her work, including the Livingston Award for Young Journalists and the Meyer Berger Award from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and a National Magazine Award. In 2016, the Newswomen’s Club of New York named her Journalist of the Year. Her first book, “Life on the Outside: The Prison Odyssey of Elaine Bartlett,” chronicled the homecoming of a woman who spent sixteen years in prison for a first-time drug offense under the notorious Rockefeller drug laws. The book was a finalist for the 2004 National Book Award and helped persuade New York legislators to rewrite the state’s drug laws.
Recent Posts by Jennifer Gonnerman
The Aftermath
December 6, 2024 by Jennifer GonnermanThis haunting and illuminating piece bravely side-steps the expected narrative, telling the story of Kristen Kinkel as she reckons with the crimes committed by her brother Kip. Twenty-five years ago, he killed their parents and opened fire at their high school.
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