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Jessica Washington is a senior reporter for The Root where she has been for more than a year. Before that, she was a reporter for the Fuller Project, a non-profit news organization reporting on women. Her reporting experience centers on issues related to the intersection of gender, class, politics, and racial identity, including reproductive and sexual health, child care, gender-based violence, and justice issues. Before joining the Fuller Project, she was an editorial fellow at Mother Jones, where she covered reproductive health care, with a focus on courts and Title IX. Previously, she worked at NBC News and MSNBC News as a desk assistant and production assistant. She was a Center for Health Journalism 2021 National Fellow. Her reporting project examined Minnesota’s foster care system and the racism perpetuated against Native-American children.
