Jennie Rothenberg Gritz

Jennie Rothenberg Gritz is an Atlantic senior editor. More

Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, an Atlantic senior editor, began her association with the magazine in 2002, shortly after graduating from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. An early highlight of her Atlantic career was a visit with Harold Bloom, during which the renowned literary critic addressed her as "my little bear."

In January 2006, Jennie joined the Atlantic staff full time. She currently oversees a number of different areas -- producing the online edition of the magazine and its special features, editing TheAtlantic.com's National channel, and creating original videos for the website.

Before coming to The Atlantic, Jennie was senior editor of Moment, a national magazine founded by Elie Wiesel, where she remains a contributing editor. Her writing has also appeared in The Chicago Tribune and in the book The Kindness of Strangers, a Lonely Planet travel writing anthology.

Russell Simmons Speaks to Homeless Men About Meditation

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James Dean and Ronald Reagan

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Where the Religion Meets the Road

The peculiar turf war between Brooklyn's bicycle activists and Hasidic Jews More »

Under the Knife

Marc Ambinder revisits his decision to have bariatric surgery More »

Scenes from The Pacific

Jon Zobenica comments on key moments in the HBO miniseries More »

An Evening in Doolin

Actor Andrew McCarthy narrates images from the town's vibrant Irish music scene More »

Where Patients Once Sought Asylum

Where Patients Once Sought Asylum

A new photography book explores asylums that housed the mentally ill in the days before anti-psychotic drugs More »

From Pixar to Picture Books

From Pixar to Picture Books

An interview with animator Sanjay Patel—who worked on A Bug's Life and The Incredibles—about his new book, Ramayana: Divine Loophole More »

Settling for Mr. Good Enough

Atlantic contributor Lori Gottlieb discusses her new book More »

Out of the Rubble

Photographer Evan Abramson shares his images from post-quake Haiti More »

Organic Supercenter

Corby Kummer finds a surprising array of produce at Walmart More »

The Recession Generation

Experts explain why the current crop of 20-somethings is unequipped to face today's job market More »

Attics of Their Lives

Treasures from the Grateful Dead Archive at UC Santa Cruz More »

Go West

Liz Phair shares a music playlist and a personal photo album from her road trip to Phoenix Click here to listen to Phair's road trip playlist More »

One Nation, On Edge

James Fallows talks to Atlantic editor James Bennet about a uniquely American tradition—cycles of despair followed by triumphant rebirths. More »

Freedom Fighters

Ta-Nehisi Coates speaks to Civil War historian Frank Smith about the black soldiers who transformed America. More »

Gulliver's Cocktails

Wayne Curtis narrates images of gargantuan and Lilliputian beverages. More »

Four Faces of Good Teaching

Teachers in four different classrooms demonstrate methods that work More »

We Regret the Error

Five Atlantic predictions of the past decade we’d like to take back

The Green Façade

LEED-certified buildings are clean, innovative, and environmentally friendly. But why are they wasting so much energy?

The Biggest Story in Photos

Photos of Tornado Damage in Moore, Oklahoma

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