Jessi Hempel is a senior editor at LinkedIn. Jessi was previously the head of editorial at Backchannel, a Condé Nast publication, and a senior writer at WIRED. Hempel has also written for Fortune magazine, where they were the innovation editor, and BusinessWeek. Jessi is also an adjunct professor at NYU SCPS: Center for Publishing and the co-chair of Fortune Brainstorm Tech.
Jessi Hempel received their Masters in Journalism from the University of California, Berkeley. Jessi also has a BA in English with Honors in Creative Writing from Brown University. Jessi attended Shrewsbury High School.
Their manager is Daniel Roth, VP & Editor In Chief. Jessi Hempel works with Sandrine Chauvin - Director and Senior Managing Editor, EMEA & LatAm, Maya Pope-Chappell - Senior Managing Editor, Audience Engagement and Distribution, and Beth Kutscher - Managing Editor, Reporting team, LinkedIn News.
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