Amanda Hess

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Hess in 2015 at a New America event
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Occupation(s)Journalist, critic, writer
Employer The New York Times
Spouse Marc Tracy
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Amanda Stromwall Hess is an American journalist known for her coverage of internet culture. She is a critic-at-large for The New York Times who has also written for magazines including Wired , ESPN , and Elle .

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Early life

Amanda Hess is the daughter of Layne Stromwall and Gerald Hess of North Scottsdale, Arizona. Hess graduated from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. [1]

Career

Hess was an internet columnist for Slate magazine, an editor for GOOD magazine, and a nightlife and arts columnist for the Washington City Paper . [2]

Hess first published May 10, 2013, for T magazine about a Hollywood party for the year's Playboy Playmate of the Year. [3]

Pacific Standard

Hess wrote an essay for Pacific Standard , "Why Women Aren't Welcome on the Internet," [4] [5] in 2014, which detailed her experience and that of other women as victims of misogynistic online harassment. [6] The essay won The Sidney Hillman Foundation's 2014 Sidney Award [7] as well as the 2015 American Society of Magazine Editors Public Interest Award. [8] [9] Conor Friedersdorf wrote in The Atlantic that Hess's article was "persuasive in arguing that the online threats of violence are pervasive and have broad implications in a digital society." [10]

The New York Times

In March 2016, Hess was named one of three inaugural David Carr Fellowship recipients at The New York Times . [11] [2]

Hess began, in 2017, a self-branded video series for The New York Times about internet culture called "Internetting With Amanda Hess", [12] beginning October 31, 2017, lasting 5 episodes for the 2017 season, [13] and 5 episodes for 2018 season [14] with 3 Internetting After Dark episodes [15] ending October 24, 2018.

As of December 2023, Hess is a critic-at-large for The New York Times and a contributor to the New York Times Magazine . [16] [17] [18]

Personal life

Hess and Marc Aaron Tracy [19] were married on November 2, 2019, at Brooklyn Historical Society in Brooklyn, New York, by Rabbi Matt Green. [1] They have one son. [18]

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