And like the celestial event, she was a once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon.
Fact-checking is by far some of the most difficult work in journalism.
It involves re-reporting a story, and oftentimes an articles writer isnt too pleased to be proved incorrect.
Credit: Courtesy of Chris Whipple
But Jenny quickly won the respect and love of everyone on staff after she started in 1999.
(Below, youll find some tributes from her colleagues.)
We will miss her like hell and are incredibly grateful for her life.
Henry Goldblatt
Jenny was tireless and meticulous, warm and generous.
You caught em all, Jenny.
Dan Snierson
I would guess Jenny stopped me looking like an idiot in print a million times.
That made her a superb researcher.
Sabrina McFarland
On the nights that we put an issue to bed, it can go very late.
With Jenny, there were no cutoffs.
Sometimes it was maddening.
Usually it was hilarious.
She couldnt sleep until she was sure shed nailed down every last fact.
She never asked for thanks, but she made every writer look better than they are.
So, belatedly, thank you, Jenny.
However, as much as she meant professionally, she meant even more as a friend.
But Ill never forget them.
Dalton Ross
She made everything I wrote better, including almost every feature on our shared passion,Lost.
Her care for our work was matched by her care for her colleagues.
Jeff Jensen
We argued constantly.
Wait, let me rephrase that: I complained steadily and she just listened.
She asked about my kids.
We talked about hers.
We bitched about our age.
She bemoaned her health.
And then we got back to business: me complaining, her listening.
I loved that broad.
