American journalist
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 .
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]
References
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"Hess-Tracy" . Leader-Telegram .
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"Amanda Hess" . The New York Times .
^ Hess, Amanda (2013-05-10).
"About Last Night | Neville Wakefield's Arty Bash for Playboy" .
T . The New York Times.
^ Hess, Amanda (6 January 2014).
"Why Women Aren't Welcome on the Internet" . Pacific Standard . Retrieved 21 February 2016 .
^ Young, Cathy (4 September 2014).
"Men Are Harassed More Than Women Online" . Daily Beast . Retrieved 21 February 2016 .
^ Raja, Tasneem (10 January 2014).
"Amanda Hess: "Why Women Aren't Welcome on the Internet" " . Mother Jones . Retrieved 21 February 2016 .
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"Amanda Hess Wins February Sidney Award for "The Next Civil Rights Issue: Why Women Aren't Welcome on the Internet" " . The Sidney Hillman Foundation . February 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2016 .
^ Holt, Sid, ed. (2015). The Best American Magazine Writing 2015 . New York: Columbia University Press. p. 50.
ISBN
978-0-231-54071-1 .
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"National Magazine Awards 2015 Winners Announced | ASME" . American Society of Magazine Editors . Archived from
the original on 2017-09-17. Retrieved 2016-03-08 .
^ Friedersdorf, Conor (7 January 2014).
"When Misogynist Trolls Make Journalism Miserable for Women" . The Atlantic . Retrieved 21 February 2016 .
^ Somaiya, Ravi (2016-02-23).
"New York Times Awards David Carr Fellowships to 3 Journalists" . The New York Times .
ISSN
0362-4331 . Retrieved 2016-03-08 .
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"The Dark Art of Political Memes | Internetting with Amanda Hess" – via www.youtube.com.
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"Internetting with Amanda Hess: Season 1 | The New York Times" . YouTube .
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"Internetting with Amanda Hess: Season 2 | The New York Times" . YouTube .
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"Internetting After Dark: Season 2 is Over. Our Theme Song Lives Forever. | Internetting Season 2" – via www.youtube.com.
^ Hess, Amanda (10 June 2016).
"For the Alt-Right, the Message Is in the Punctuation" . The New York Times . Retrieved 19 December 2017 – via NYTimes.com.
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"Amanda Hess website" . Retrieved 21 February 2016 .
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Hess, Amanda (December 18, 2023).
"The Fantasy of the Fun TV Dad" . The New York Times . Retrieved December 24, 2023 .
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"Marc Tracy" . The New York Times .