Jesselyn Cook Explained

Jesselyn Cook is a Canadian journalist and non-fiction writer. She is a Nieman Fellow.^[1]

Career

Cook was initially a tech-focused journalist who wrote about the Internet's "dark corners".^[2] She has been researching and writing on the QAnon conspiracy theory since 2020. In 2024, Cook published The Quiet Damage, a book which profiles five QAnon believers, and how those beliefs impacted their families. The book won the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award in 2023.^[3]

Works

Selected articles

• Web site: Cook . Jesselyn . 2018-04-17 . Facebook Didn’t Seem To Care I Was Being Sexually Harassed Until I Decided To Write About It . 2024-09-04 . HuffPost . en.
• News: Cameron . Emily . Cook . Jesselyn . 2018-05-22 . Ireland has some of the world's most restrictive abortion laws. A vote this week could dial them back . 2024-09-04 . . en-us.
• Web site: Cook . Jesselyn . 2021-02-11 . ‘I Miss My Mom’: Children Of QAnon Believers Are Desperately Trying To Deradicalize Their Own Parents . 2024-09-04 . . en.
• News: Cook . Jesselyn . 2022-05-23 . $166 for 6 cans of baby formula: Online price gouging is another blow for desperate parents . 2024-09-04 . . en.
• Web site: Cook . Jesselyn . 2022-06-07 . Family sues Meta, blames Instagram for daughter’s eating disorder and self-harm . 2024-09-04 . NBC News . en.
• Web site: Cook . Jesselyn . 2023-03-14 . Senators seek answers from Pinterest after NBC News investigation . 2024-09-04 . NBC News . en.

Books

• Book: Cook, Jesselyn . The Quiet Damage . 2024-07-23 . . 978-0-593-44325-5 . New York. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pazzanese . Christina . 2024-08-30 . Toll of QAnon on families of followers . 2024-09-04 . Harvard Gazette . en-US.
2. Web site: Wilson . David . 2024-08-15 . Journalist Jesselyn Cook surveys ‘The Quiet Damage’ of QAnon - The Boston Globe . 2024-09-04 . BostonGlobe.com . en-US.
3. Web site: Penguin Random House Titles Win Every Category at the J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards . 2024-09-04 . penguinrandomhouse.com . en-US.
4. Web site: Asgarian . Roxanna . 2024-07-23 . Book Review: ‘The Quiet Damage,’ by Jesselyn Cook . 2024-09-04 . The New York Times.
5. News: 2024-07-11 . Review An intimate view of how QAnon destroys families . 2024-09-04 . Washington Post . en-US . 0190-8286.
6. Web site: Shuham . Matt . 2024-07-23 . QAnon Broke Families Apart. One Journalist Spent Years Documenting The Fallout. . 2024-09-04 . HuffPost . en.
7. Web site: Hill . Faith . 2024-07-30 . The Painful Reality of Loving a Conspiracy Theorist . 2024-09-04 . The Atlantic . en.
8. Web site: 'The Quiet Damage' looks at what makes people open to conspiracy theories . 2024-09-04 . MSNBC.com . en.