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.
As the FAA’s partial shutdown moves into its second week because House and Senate leaders failed to move from their entrenched positions, a global credit-rating agency says the impasse may eventually hit airports’ bottom lines. In a July 28 report, Fitch Ratings notes that airports are generally on solid financial footing.
The Republican-led House Armed Services Committee (HASC) has finally met a defense spending cut it can tolerate. The deficit-reduction plan proposed by House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) up for consideration by the full House July 28 may just be the lesser of two evils, according to HASC spokesman Claude Chafin.
The Internal Revenue Service wants airlines to refund passengers for taxes paid on tickets purchased before the FAA shut down, and the Air Transport Association is pushing back. Travelers who bought tickets before the government stopped collecting taxes but are traveling after the FAA partially shut down, are entitled to a refund on excise taxes, according to a July 26 letter sent by IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman to Nick Calio, president and CEO of the Air Transport Association.
