Based in Washington, Jen managed Aviation Week’s worldwide defense, space and security coverage from 2013 to January 2024.
Prior to taking on the Executive Editor role, Jen was Aviation Week's Congressional Editor. Jen came to Aviation Week in March 2011 from Politico, where she covered the intersection of defense and politics. She also worked as a reporter and editor for Defense Daily, Inside the Army, The Other Paper and The Columbus Dispatch.
Jen received a Master’s degree in journalism as a Kiplinger Fellow at the Ohio State University. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in history and journalism from the University of Michigan.
If the U.S. Congress fails to approve the Obama administration’s requested plan for adjusting airport funding, the amount provided for airport grants will revert back to the status quo, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood tells lawmakers. The president’s budget request for fiscal 2014 reduces Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grants by about $450 million to $2.9 billion and increases passenger facility charges (PFCs) to $8 from $4.50.
President Barack Obama is asking Congress to provide $526.6 billion in defense spending for fiscal 2014, a figure that does not include war-funding details or the continuing effects of across-the-board budget cuts that start in fiscal 2013. Over 10 years, the request sent to Capitol Hill on April 10 would trim $150 billion from previous spending plans for the military, with most of the reductions coming in later years.
