Jenny Barnett

Jenny Barnett was the founding editor-in-chief of Cornellians, Cornell’s alumni publication. She also served as editor and publisher of Cornell Alumni Magazine and publisher of Weill Cornell Medicine magazine, and she holds a courtesy lecturer appointment in the Department of Communication. A publishing industry veteran with over 30 years of experience in top-level positions on national magazines, she specializes in media writing and editing, developed Writing and Editing for the Media (COMM 3040), and taught an organizational writing course. Jenny previously held executive editor positions at Harper’s Bazaar and Marie Claire (in both the US and the UK), and is also an editorial consultant, freelance editor and writer.