Jean Jennings

For American programmer, see Jean Jennings Bartik.
Jean Jennings
BornJean Marie Lienert
Pen nameJean Lindamood
Jean Lindamood Jenkins
OccupationWriter, Car and Driver (1980-1985),
writer, Automobile (1985-2014),
Editor in Chief, Automobile (2000-2014),
President, Automobile (2006-2014),
founder, JeanKnowsCars (2012-2018)
correspondent, Good Morning America
GenreAutomotive journalism
Website
www.jeanknowscars.com (dormant)

Jean Jennings is a retired American journalist, publisher and television personality covering the automotive industry, noted for making the industry more accessible to a broad cross-section of enthusiasts.[1][2]

After writing for Car and Driver (1980-1985), she co-founded Automobile, where she continued to write her widely known column, Vile Gossip, after becoming the magazine's editor in chief (2000-2014) and president (2006-2014).

She was the automotive correspondent for Good Morning America (1994-2000)[3] and the Oxygen network.[4] She was later the Chairman, CEO and host of the self-branded automotive website and blog, Jean Knows Cars (2012-2018), has written articles for LinkedIn, and edited the book Road Trips, Head Trips, and Other Car-Crazed Writings. She continued to write the Vile Gossip column intermittently for Autoblog.com.[5]

Jennings has been honored by the Motor Press Guild, International Society for Vehicle Preservation, and Detroit Press Club Foundation. With Jennings as editor and President, Automobile magazine was the first car magazine to win a National Magazine Award. She is in the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame and won the Ken Purdy Award for Excellence in Automotive Journalism.[6]

  1. ^ "'Evening With Automotive Restoration' Features Expert in Car Journalism". McPherson College. April 22, 2015. For decades, Jean Jennings has been helping make the automotive world accessible to non-experts
  2. ^ "Jean Jennings Joins Tribune". Tribune Content Agency. Tribune Content Agency is pleased to announce the addition of automotive writer and editor Jean Jennings to its roster of content contributors.
  3. ^ "Jean Jennings looks back at the North American International Auto Show". Hagerty Media. 14 May 2016.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Jump was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Jean Jennings (December 11, 2020). "That time Chuck Yeager and I flew low over California in a yellow Corvette". Autoblog.
  6. ^ "Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame profiles: Jean Jennings". Michigan State University. March 11, 2021.