Jen Christensen

As a producer and editor for CNN’s medical unit, Jen Christensen produces investigative stories and documentaries for Dr. Sanjay Gupta and does data analysis for CNN.com. Christensen has earned the highest awards in broadcasting — the Peabody and DuPont — producing Christiane Amanpour’s “God’s (Jewish) Warriors.” She produced several other award-winning documentaries including “MLK’s Words That Changed a Nation,” “Black in America” and “Obama Revealed.” Prior to CNN, Christensen ran WSOC-TV and WTVQ-TV’s investigative units and managed WXIN-TV’s weekend newsroom. Prior to journalism, Christensen was a public policy analyst at Chicago’s Board of Elections and at NATO (London) working on nuclear non- proliferation. She co-authored two books, “Women Public Speakers” and “Women Confronting Retirement.” Since 2013, she has served as president of NLGJA, having previously served as vice president for broadcast. Christensen graduated from Butler University and studied at London School of Economics.