Jesselyn Cook
Jesselyn Cook is an American journalist and non-fiction writer. She is a Nieman Fellow.[1]
Career
[edit]Cook was initially a tech-focused journalist who wrote about the Internet's "dark corners".[2][3] She has been researching and writing on the QAnon conspiracy theory since 2020.[2] In 2024, Cook published The Quiet Damage, a book which profiles five QAnon believers, and how those beliefs impacted their families.[2] The book won the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award in 2023.[4]
Works
[edit]Selected articles
[edit]- Cook, Jesselyn (2018-04-17). "Facebook Didn't Seem To Care I Was Being Sexually Harassed Until I Decided To Write About It". HuffPost. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- Cameron, Emily; Cook, Jesselyn (2018-05-22). "Ireland has some of the world's most restrictive abortion laws. A vote this week could dial them back". PBS News. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- Cook, Jesselyn (2021-02-11). "'I Miss My Mom': Children Of QAnon Believers Are Desperately Trying To Deradicalize Their Own Parents". HuffPost. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- Cook, Jesselyn (2022-05-23). "$166 for 6 cans of baby formula: Online price gouging is another blow for desperate parents". NBC News. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- Cook, Jesselyn (2022-06-07). "Family sues Meta, blames Instagram for daughter's eating disorder and self-harm". NBC News. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- Cook, Jesselyn (2023-03-14). "Senators seek answers from Pinterest after NBC News investigation". NBC News. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
Books
[edit]- Cook, Jesselyn (2024-07-23). The Quiet Damage. New York: Crown. ISBN 978-0-593-44325-5. [5][6][2][7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ Pazzanese, Christina (2024-08-30). "Toll of QAnon on families of followers". Harvard Gazette. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ a b c d Shuham, Matt (2024-07-23). "QAnon Broke Families Apart. One Journalist Spent Years Documenting The Fallout". HuffPost. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ Wilson, David (2024-08-15). "Journalist Jesselyn Cook surveys 'The Quiet Damage' of QAnon - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ "Penguin Random House Titles Win Every Category at the J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards". penguinrandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ Asgarian, Roxanna (2024-07-23). "Book Review: 'The Quiet Damage,' by Jesselyn Cook". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ "Review | An intimate view of how QAnon destroys families". Washington Post. 2024-07-11. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ Hill, Faith (2024-07-30). "The Painful Reality of Loving a Conspiracy Theorist". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ "'The Quiet Damage' looks at what makes people open to conspiracy theories". MSNBC.com. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
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