Location
Newburyport, Massachusetts
School
Rutgers University
Expertise
New England travel, Fine dining and wine, Off-the-beaten path diversions
- Jeanne spent nearly a decade as a contributor to Forbes Life, writing about luxury airport lounges, the best Champagnes, and Boston's first Michelin-starred restaurant — and even spoke with the legendary Martha Stewart when she opened her first Connecticut restaurant.
- She contributed the Vermont and Rhode Island chapters to "Fodor's American Spirits: Exploring the Best Wineries, Breweries, and Distilleries in the USA".
- An adventurous eater and traveler, Jeanne has gone wild swimming in Ireland and picked cardamom in the cloud forest in Guatemala. She loves planning vacation activities that get her two teens excited.
Experience
A native New Englander, Jeanne has spent more than two decades writing about travel, food, and drink, with her work appearing in Yankee, Wine & Spirits, AAA Northern New England Journeys, Naturally Danny Seo, Yelp, and Elliman, among other outlets. Before going freelance, she built a strong editorial foundation as managing editor of Meeting News magazine, and later as editorial director at Selling Communications, yielding a sharp eye for story development and editorial standards. She shares her ongoing food and travel discoveries through her own newsletter, Wanderlist New England.
Education
Jeanne graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism and a minor in American studies from Rutgers University.
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