Jesselyn Cook

Jesselyn Cook is a Canadian journalist and non-fiction writer. She is a Nieman Fellow.^[1]

Career

Cook was initially a tech-focused journalist who wrote about the Internet's "dark corners".^[2][3] She has been researching and writing on the QAnon conspiracy theory since 2020.^[2] In 2024, Cook published The Quiet Damage, a book which profiles five QAnon believers, and how those beliefs impacted their families.^[2] The book won the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award in 2023.^[4]

Works

Selected articles

• Cook, Jesselyn (2018-04-17). "Facebook Didn't Seem To Care I Was Being Sexually Harassed Until I Decided To Write About It". HuffPost. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
• Cameron, Emily; Cook, Jesselyn (2018-05-22). "Ireland has some of the world's most restrictive abortion laws. A vote this week could dial them back". PBS News. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
• Cook, Jesselyn (2021-02-11). "'I Miss My Mom': Children Of QAnon Believers Are Desperately Trying To Deradicalize Their Own Parents". HuffPost. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
• Cook, Jesselyn (2022-05-23). "$166 for 6 cans of baby formula: Online price gouging is another blow for desperate parents". NBC News. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
• Cook, Jesselyn (2022-06-07). "Family sues Meta, blames Instagram for daughter's eating disorder and self-harm". NBC News. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
• Cook, Jesselyn (2023-03-14). "Senators seek answers from Pinterest after NBC News investigation". NBC News. Retrieved 2024-09-04.

Books

• Cook, Jesselyn (2024-07-23). The Quiet Damage. New York: Crown. ISBN 978-0-593-44325-5. ^{[5][6][2][7][8]}