Published Dec 7, 2011
Modified May 17, 2012
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Jen Carlson has been an editor with Gothamist since 2004. Her writing has also been published on Jezebel, Deadspin, and a number of composition notebooks before the internet existed. In 2015 she won a spot in the inaugural Amtrak Residency program and traveled the nation via rail. She has an Ed Hardy tattoo, but she can explain. She is currently an editor and reporter on the NYC Accountability desk in the Gothamist + WNYC newsroom.
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