Jeneen Interlandi (born 1977) is a staff writer at the New York Times magazine and a member of The New York Times editorial board.

Interlandi was born in Medellín, Colombia, adopted by Sicilian-Americans, and raised in Central New Jersey. After a bachelor's degree in biology at Rutgers University, Interlandi earned a M.A. in environmental science and M.S. in journalism at Columbia University. She was a 2013 Harvard University Nieman Fellow. She has written about health, science, and education since 2006. Before joining the Times, she was a staff writer at Consumer Reports and Newsweek, and a freelance journalist for several national magazines. She participated in The 1619 Project, with an essay highlighting the work of Rebecca Lee Crumpler.

Jeneen Interlandi

References

author page on Scientific American website

1977 births

Living people

Journalists from New Jersey

American women journalists

American people of Colombian descent

American science journalists

People from Medellín

The New York Times editorial board

21st-century American journalists

21st-century American women writers

Women science writers

American adoptees

Jeneen Interlandi