Jennifer Mascia
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The Trace
• Senior news writer, August 2022 to present
• News writer, September 2020 to August 2022
• Engagement writer, June 2016 to September 2020. I tweeted for @teamtrace and wrote our daily and weekly newsletters
• Staff writer, June 2015 to June 2016
• Founding staffer, September 2014
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CNN
• Contributor, “Guns in America” team, August 2022-2024
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The New York Times
• Writer and producer, The Gun Report, a tally of gun violence victims in America. January 2013 to June 2014
• Researcher, fact-checker and web producer for Mark Bittman and Joe Nocera, Op-Ed columnists, April 2011 to August 2014
• Lead writer, The 99th Neediest Cases campaign, September 2010 to February 2011. Wrote 44 articles in the annual series
• Lead writer, The 98th Neediest Cases campaign, September 2009 to February 2010. Wrote 41 articles in the annual series
• News assistant, nightside Metro Desk, July 2006 to April 2011
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Narratively
• Chief copy editor, 2013 to 2015
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Author
Never Tell Our Business to Strangers, a memoir exploring my father’s criminal past. Published by Villard/Random House, Feb. 2010. Based on April 2007 Modern Love column
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Awards
• Society for Features Journalism: 2024 SFJ Excellence-in-Features journalism award: First place, Utility Feature Portfolio, division 3 (How Often Are AR-Style Rifles Used for Self-Defense?, Are Handguns or Rifles Used More Often in Mass Shootings?, In America, Accidental Shootings Among Children Occur Nearly Every Other Day)
• 2024 Deadline Club Award for Newspaper or Digital Reporting: “Dangerous Homes: Guns and Domestic Violence Exact a Deadly Toll on Kids”
• The Newswomen’s Club of New York 2022 Front Page Awards, Online: Blog: Ask the Trace series
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Education
• Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, MS, print concentration, 2007
• CUNY Hunter College, BA, special honors curriculum and theater, 2001
• Mission Viejo High School, Mission Viejo, California, 1995
• St. Jeanne De Lestonnac, Tustin, California, 1991