Jennifer Lee Bendery (born 1974) is an American

political journalist Political journalism is a broad branch of journalism that includes coverage of all aspects of politics and political science, although the term usually refers specifically to coverage of civil governments and political power. Political journa ...

whose focus has been on Capitol Hill, including coverage of U.S. policy regarding women and minorities – particularly Savanna's Act and the

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Career

From 1996 to 1998, Bendery was Health Care Policy Reporter for the Manisses Communications Group in

Providence, Rhode Island Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. One of the oldest cities in New England, it was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the Massachusetts ...

. From 1999 to 2002, she was marketing/promotions manager in

San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...

for Jossey-Bass/John Wiley & Sons (religion & nonprofit book series). From 2003 to 2007, she covered the

Texas Legislature The Texas Legislature is the state legislature of the US state of Texas. It is a bicameral body composed of a 31-member Senate and a 150-member House of Representatives. The state legislature meets at the Capitol in Austin. It is a powerful ar ...

for ''GalleryWatch,'' Austin Bureau. During that period, Bendery, in 2005, completed an

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degree in English literature at

San Francisco State University San Francisco State University (commonly referred to as San Francisco State, SF State and SFSU) is a public research university in San Francisco. As part of the 23-campus California State University system, the university offers 118 different ...

. From 2007 to 2011, she was a Congressional and

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staff reporter for ''

Roll Call ''Roll Call'' is a newspaper and website published in Washington, D.C., United States, when the United States Congress is in session, reporting news of legislative and political maneuverings on Capitol Hill, as well as political coverage of ...

.'' Since 2011, Bendery has written for the ''

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,'' where she is currently (as of April 2021) Senior Politics Reporter.

Selected articles

* January 29, 2020, Bendery authored a story in the ''

'' that included a list of

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and Senate members who had tested positive for

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. * 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

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. The exercise roused the ire of Capitol Police personnel.

Bendery's subjects

* Affirmative action * Discrimination *

Employment Non-Discrimination Act The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) is legislation proposed in the United States Congress that would prohibit discrimination in hiring and employment on the basis of sexual orientation or, depending on the version of the bill, gender ...

Gender inequality Gender inequality is the social phenomenon in which men and women are not treated equally. The treatment may arise from distinctions regarding biology, psychology, or cultural norms prevalent in the society. Some of these distinctions are empi ...

* Human Rights Campaign * Paycheck Fairness Act *

Racial inequality Social inequality occurs when resources in a given society are distributed unevenly, typically through norms of allocation, that engender specific patterns along lines of socially defined categories of persons. It posses and creates gender c ...

* Savanna's Act *

Bendery has authored articles criticizing aspects of the following: * Alliance Defending Freedom *

Center for Security Policy The Center for Security Policy (CSP) is a US far-right, anti-Muslim, Washington, D.C.-based think tank. The organization's founder and current president is Frank Gaffney Jr. who is known for promoting falsehoods about former U.S. President B ...

Professional affiliations

* President, . Bendery has been a member of the foundation for (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 ( Margaret Whitcomb) – is a niece of journalist Robert Bassett Whitcomb, Jr. (born 1947) of ''

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.''

Bibliography

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References

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References authored by Bendery

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bendery, Jennifer 1974 births Living people Political journalists American women journalists American political writers 21st-century American journalists 21st-century American non-fiction writers 21st-century American women writers San Francisco State University alumni University of Mary Washington alumni People from Annandale, Virginia