Jenn Abelson is an investigative reporter for The Washington Post and co-host of the investigative podcast Broken Doors.
She was part of the team that was recognized in 2020 as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for its investigation into America’s deadly opioid epidemic. She was also part of the team that won a Gerald Loeb Award in 2021.
Before joining The Washington Post, Jenn worked as an investigative reporter for the Boston Globe’s Spotlight Team. Her investigations exposed doctors secretly performing two surgeries at the same time without patient consent and the widespread mislabeling of fish in the restaurant industry. In 2015, she was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist for her work with the Spotlight Team on "Shadow Campus," a series about dangerous off-campus college housing.
Jenn is co-author of the book, "I Have the Right To: A High School Survivor's Story of Sexual Assault, Justice, and Hope,” by Chessy Prout.
Jenn grew up in New York and attended Cornell University.