Jen Juneau

Jen Juneau
Title: News and Movies Staff Writer
Education: University of Central Florida
Expertise: '90s pop culture, horror movies, musicals,
  • Jen Juneau has worked as a writer/reporter in entertainment and lifestyle for 10 years, covering celebrities, movies, TV, music, parenting and more, with the occasional human-interest, politics or crime story.
  • She joined PEOPLE as a Parents writer in 2016 before eventually moving to a focus on general news and Movies. She officially joined the PEOPLE staff in October 2022.
  • Jen previously worked as a technical writer before jumping into journalism, and has written for outlets like xoJane, HelloGiggles, The Mary Sue, Trulia, Orlando Weekly and more. She has also copy edited a handful of romance and young-adult novels.

Experience

Jen Juneau has worked as a writer/reporter in entertainment and lifestyle for 10 years, covering celebrities, movies, TV, music, parenting and more, with the occasional human-interest, politics or crime story.

She joined PEOPLE as a Parents writer in 2016 before eventually moving to a focus on general news and Movies, and has interviewed many of her favorite actors since including Jeff Goldblum, Rachael Leigh Cook, Jack Black, Christina Ricci and Laura Dern. She officially joined the PEOPLE staff in October 2022.

Jen previously worked as a technical writer before jumping into journalism, and has written for outlets like xoJane, HelloGiggles, The Mary Sue, Trulia, Orlando Weekly and more. She has also copy edited a handful of romance and young-adult novels. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in English/technical communication and a minor in magazine journalism from the University of Central Florida in 2007.

Education

Jen Juneau graduated from the University of Central Florida in 2007 with a bachelor's degree in English/technical communication and a minor in magazine journalism.

About PEOPLE

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