Gavin Jenkins

I’m a freelance writer based in Pittsburgh. I write about jobs (with a focus on the restaurant and gas station industries), politics, human interest features, masculinity, health, sports, and memoir. My work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, VICE, The Outline (rip), MEL, Narrative.ly, Prevention, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and Beijing Review. I also have appeared as a guest on Word of Mouth, a New Hampshire Public Radio program hosted by Virginia Prescott, and Tech News Weekly, a podcast hosted by Megan Morrone and Jason Howell.

In 2020, two stories I wrote for Pitt Med Magazine earned three Golden Quill Awards from the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania. “Surviving Survival” won Excellence in Corporate, Marketing and Promotional Communications – Written, Medical/Health, while “Oct. 27, 2018: Pittsburgh’s Darkest Day, and the Mass Casualty Response” won Excellence in Written Journalism, Magazines – Medical/Health, as well as the Ray Sprigle Memorial Award: Magazines, a Best in Show award.

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After graduating from the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown in 2003, I covered sports for the Bedford Gazette, in Bedford, Pennsylvania, and the Martinsville Bulletin, in Martinsville, Virginia. In 2006, I returned to suburban Pittsburgh, where I was born and raised, to write for Trib Total Media. Based out of the Kittanning Leader Times, I worked for the Trib for two years, and then I moved to Shenzhen, China, to teach English and freelance. After China, I earned an MFA in nonfiction from the University of Pittsburgh.

When I’m not freelancing, I’m usually playing with Bob, my Border Collie mix. My Instagram is basically NBB (nothing but Bob). Follow me there to see pictures of a very good boy. My Twitter features news, culture, and hot takes, but I’m terrible at tweeting – which is good; I’m a long-form journalist, anyway.

Stuff I’ve Written

 
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“We Didn’t See Our Kids for 109 Days”

My Latest for

The New York Times

Two Manhattan doctors sent their girls to Singapore while they worked the front lines— and then the country closed its borders.

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Guest Appearances

In 2015, after writing “Hanging Out with America’s Elite, Underappreciated Court Reporters.” for Vice, I appeared on NPR’s Word of Mouth.

In 2018, after writing “The rise of on-demand fuel means the poor will inherit gas stations” for The Outline, I appeared on Tech News Weekly.

Tech News Weekly 41: Hot and Cold Wallet

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gavinjenkins32@gmail.com
Pittsburgh, PA