I'm a journalist, editor, and producer based in Los Angeles.
I write about culture, gender, and the Internet. I’m particularly interested in documenting and exploring subcultures, online fame and fandom, and underground or otherwise misunderstood communities and phenomena.
I like telling the under-reported stories of otherwise ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Like the guy who spent more than a decade campaigning to get Weird Al a star on the Hollywood walk of fame (VICE) or the teenagers who used TikTok and Instagram to help track down their friend’s killer (The Cut).
I especially like reporting big, nuanced stories you might’ve heard about, but that turn out to be totally different — and often, far stranger — than you might’ve expected or remembered.
If you’ve got a good story for me, or want to commission me to write one, get in touch. My email is jenn swann at protonmail dot com.