Jennifer Bendery
Jennifer Lee Bendery (born 1974) is an American political journalist whose focus has been on Capitol Hill, including coverage of U.S. policy regarding women and minorities – particularly Savanna's Act and the Violence Against Women Act. Career. From 1996 to 1998, Bendery was Health Care Policy Reporter for the Manisses Communications Group in Providence, Rhode Island. From 1999 to 2002, she was marketing/promotions manager in San Francisco for Jossey-Bass/John Wiley & Sons (religion & nonprofit book series). From 2003 to 2007, she covered the Texas Legislature for "GalleryWatch," Austin Bureau. During that period, Bendery, in 2005, completed  an M.A. degree in English literature at San Francisco State University. From 2007 to 2011, she was a Congressional and White House staff reporter for "Roll Call." Since 2011, Bendery has written for the "HuffPost," where she is currently (as of April 2021) Senior Politics Reporter. Bendery's subjects. Bendery has authored articles criticizing aspects of the following: Family. Bendery, by way of her mother – Margaret Bendery ( Margaret Whitcomb) – is a niece of journalist Robert Bassett Whitcomb, Jr. (born 1947) of "The Providence Journal."