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Who is Jessica Bruder?
(Sources: Official Biography and Wikipedia): Jessica Bruder was born in Clifton, New Jersey. She graduated from Amherst College in 2000, majoring in English and French, and received a master's in journalism from Columbia University in 2005. She has worked as a Starbucks barista, a snowboarder, an "electric guitar nerd," a music store clerk, a junior camp counselor and a waitress.
She now teaches narrative storytelling at Columbia University. She has written for The New York Times, New York Magazine, WIRED, Harper's Magazine, The Washington Post, The Associated Press, The International Herald Tribune, The New York Times Magazine and The Guardian. She was a staff reporter at The Oregonian. Her photography appears in Nomadland and her first book, Burning Book, and has been published by The New York Times, The New York Observer and Blender magazine. She is currently writing about trust in the age of surveillance.
"For her book Nomadland, she spent months living in a camper van, documenting itinerant Americans who gave up traditional housing and hit the road full time, enabling them to travel from job to job and carve out a place for themselves in a precarious economy. The project spanned three years and more than 15,000 miles of driving — from coast to coast and from Mexico to the Canadian border. Named a New York Times Notable Book and Editors’ Choice, Nomadland won the 2017 Discover Award and was a finalist for the J. Anthony Lukas Prize and the Helen Bernstein Book Award."
In the video below, Jessica Bruder discusses Nomadland with Chris Hedges.
In addition to writing Nomadland, Jessica Bruder was also executive producer on a film about "CamperForce," a documentary about retirees working for Amazon.
Footage from "CamperForce" was also used on segment of John Oliver's HBO news commentary/comedy show, "Last Week Tonight." (warning swears and raunchy humor).
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