Jennifer Oko

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Jennifer Oko | Head Case: A Mind-Altering Journey into Self-Publishing or How I am Learning to Self-Publish Without Losing My Mind
January 18, 2013
A couple of weeks ago I published my third book, a humorous mystery novel called   Read More...

Pseudonym: Jennifer Beth Cohen.

Over the course of her career, Jennifer Oko has been a network news producer, a documentary filmmaker, a freelance print journalist, and an author.

Jennifer has been a producer for CBS News The Early Show since 2002, where she has been involved in the making of morning television from the sublime to the surreal. She covers subjects ranging from celebrity profiles--including James Brown, Dolly Parton and Steven Spielberg--to stories about wounded soldiers returning from Iraq and debilitating medical disorders. She has also reported on numerous unforgettable events such as rattlesnake roundups, school bus demolition derbies, and wife-carrying contests.

Her memoir (written under her maiden name, Jennifer Beth Cohen) LYING TOGETHER: My Russian Affair was published in 2004 (University of Wisconsin Press). The New York Times Book Review called LYING TOGETHER "riveting" and twice named it an Editor's Choice. Publisher's Weekly called it "sharp, fast-paced... a fascinating glimpse inside the world of newsgathering and contemporary Russia," and The San Francisco Chronicle called LYING TOGETHER "a heady cocktail... a quick, juicy read."

While working at Inside Edition's investigative unit in 1998, Jennifer produced a story about the trafficking of Russian sex slaves into the United States. Her reporting launched the chain of events chronicled in LYING TOGETHER. She spent the following year working as a journalist in Moscow, ultimately becoming a bureau producer for a major U.S. television network.

Jennifer's work has aired on many programs, including NBC Nightly News, A & E Investigative Reports, MSNBC Edgewise with John Hockenberry, and ABC's Good Morning America-Sunday. A segment she worked on for GMA-Sunday won an Emmy Award in 1996 and her profile of Tina Turner won a White House News Photographers Association award in 2005.

Jennifer's writing has been published in a variety of magazines, including The New York Times Magazine, New York Magazine, Maxim and Allure. She received a master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.

A native New Yorker, Jennifer now lives in Washington, DC, with her husband Michael Oko and their son Jasper, who loves monkeys. She is currently at work on her next novel, tentatively titled Thank You, Eli Lilly.

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