As a Research Manager for the Technology Horizons program, Jess is interested in the future of media, particularly music, and how new technologies will shape the way we make, access, share, and appreciate media content. She covers the San Francisco music scene for TheOwlMag and her own blog, SFJukebox and has participated in panels sponsored by the Bandwidth Conference and the Bay Area Video Coalition. Her writing has also appeared on AlterNet, MacTribe, Xigi.net, in Chord, The Onion AV Club, The Berkeley Daily Planet, and in The Morning Call. She worked as an intern in President Clinton's post-presidential office in Harlem and has held jobs at National Journal, Dow Jones, and Macworld, primarily in advertising or online media. Jess has a B.A. in Politics from NYU and rides a bicycle instead of driving a car.