Andrew Jenner
Freelance ReporterAndrew Jenner is a freelance reporter based in Harrisonburg. After working as a journalist in the Shenandoah Valley for a decade, he spent three years living and reporting in Brazil, returning to Harrisonburg in the summer of 2018. Andrew has reported for TheAtlantic.com, The Washington Post, Deutsche Welle, Discover, Modern Farmer, and many others. He is a graduate of Eastern Mennonite University, has a MFA in creative nonfiction writing from Goucher College, and almost made it onto Jeopardy! a few years ago.
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As a reporter, it's best if you have a pretty clear idea in mind what your story's going to end up being about.But things don't always go according to… -
You maybe haven't heard of orchardgrass, but it's an important feed grass for livestock in Virginia, and has been a major crop here for decades.But… -
The edge of the Marcellus shale formation, a lucrative source of natural gas from fracking in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, extends into the very… -
Republican Senator Mark Obenshain has a new challenger this fall for his state senate seat representing part of the Shenandoah Valley. WMRA's Andrew… -
Lots of media coverage of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline has focused on the people fighting hard to stop it.But according to Dominion, the company proposing… -
We all kind of know what physical characteristics makes people look fit and healthy.But most of us would have no idea how to make that same judgment about… -
A photographer who’s recently moved to Rockingham County hopes his newcomer’s perspective can show others what life through a refugee’s eyes looks like… -
Sexual assault is an issue getting some attention in this session of Virginia’s General Assembly.Several bills have been proposed to require colleges to…
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Scratch that $63 million jail that Harrisonburg and Rockingham County recently told the state they’d like to build.At a press conference on Wednesday… -
When it comes to food and farming, old is new these days; it's hard to find a seed catalog that isn't filled with heirloom crops that are all the rage…
