Freelance editor and writer
Jennifer
Altmann
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I'm a freelance writer and editor who has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post and many other outlets. I have more than 25 years’ experience in journalism and a master’s degree from Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism. Read More
BIO
JEWELRY: I chronicle the international world of contemporary jewelry on Instagram and for magazines. I also teach workshops and host panels at the biggest jewelry events of the year. In June 2025, Art Jewelry Forum named me one of four women “with their ring fingers on the pulse of the art jewelry scene.” Read More
ALUMNI MAGAZINES: I spent 15 years at Princeton University, where I was an editor at the alumni magazine, and I have written for Colgate, Columbia, Vassar and many other universities. Read More
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Married couples with podcasts are bracingly honest, in The New York Times.
Despite the wedding, these pairs live thousands of miles apart, in The New York Times.