Jodi Kantor is a prize-winning investigative reporter for The New York Times and a best-selling author who writes about gender, politics and other topics. Kantor specializes in long-form deeply reported stories. In 2017, Kantor, along with Megan Twohey, broke the story of Harvey Weinstein’s decades of alleged abuse in Hollywood. In exploring the resonance of the Weinstein investigation, she tackles topics such as common means of intimidation, as well as why many women are now finding their voices and why people are finally listening. Their reporting encouraged victims to speak, brought to account men who wielded power in many industries and shifted attitudes and policies around the globe.
Before the Harvey Weinstein story, Kantor investigated the conditions at Starbucks and Amazon, which prompted national debates and policy changes at both companies. Her report on working mothers and breast-feeding inspired the creation of the first free-standing lactation suite for nursing mothers. Now, lactation suites are available in airports and stadiums across the country. In 2007, Kantor covered the world of Barack and Michelle Obama. She wrote the novel The Obamas about the first couple’s time in the White House.
Kantor is the recipient of awards from PEN America, Columbia College, the Canadian Journalism Foundation, the Los Angeles Press Club and the Association for Education in Journalism. Before becoming a reporter, she was the New York editor of Slate magazine and The New York Times’s “Arts & Leisure” editor. Kantor is now a contributor for CBS This Morning. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two daughters.
