Jennifer Koons

Storyteller, focused on women and diplomacy; senior writer @giwps; election editing @19thnews; Contributor @theatlantic + @washingtonpost; Adjunct @MedillSchool

[Jennifer Koons @jenkoons]

An imperfect witnessing of a skilled, dedicated and powerful diplomat at her lowest moment in the lowest moment for the nation she loves and has fought for her entire adult life.

[The Lily @thelilynews]

Adela Raz went to bed on Aug. 14 as Afghanistan’s chief envoy to the United States. She woke up on Aug. 15 and watched from her TV like everyone else as the senior leaders of her government fled her home country.

Read more from @jenkoons: https://t.co/Wj9FJ4Mda8

[Margaret Sullivan @Sulliview]

You might need this today

[GU Women & Peace @giwps]

The Taliban's recent restriction of Afghan women praying loudly in front of each other is a continuation of the gender apartheid taking place in #Afghanistan. We must stand with Afghan women & hold the Taliban accountable for their crimes against humanity. https://t.co/nYGdJaOH0e

[Sam Stein @samstein]

The Guardrails Are Already Crumpling

@JVLast

https://t.co/EBEd4A45q3

[Emily Ramshaw @eramshaw]

“It’s about the stereotypical biases that men are leaders and women are subservient, and it’s about breaking that stereotypical perspective among both men and women."

@jenkoons reports.

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[Jennifer Koons @jenkoons]

My 📝 for the @19thnews

[Jennifer Koons @jenkoons]

'Tis the ideal week to shout-out the best-end-of-class gift I've ever received (from one Josh to another, @itsanniekling) and that sweet-spot when you're old enough that what you loved/love is suddenly loved anew. @BradleyWhitford #WestWing

[Jennifer Koons @jenkoons]

@seungminkim See now i get it...

[Jennifer Koons @jenkoons]

@AlexGangitano @CQnow Memories!

[Jennifer Koons @jenkoons]

@ChrisWrightDC @austinfilmfest @ChrisWrightDC! Fantastic news, old friend.

[Jennifer Koons @jenkoons]

Beloved.

[Pamela Colloff @pamelacolloff]

“Look, I’m no ordinary notebook. I’m a PROFESSIONAL REPORTER’S notebook!”

[Jennifer Koons @jenkoons]

As the news makes the rounds, I want to give a special shoutout to @ShereenaQazi (a journalist extraordinaire, my former student and beloved little sister) for breaking the story https://t.co/yIGrUPlHie

[Jennifer Koons @jenkoons]

@PradhanAlka Or perhaps a true leader has emerged. ... 😉

[Jennifer Koons @jenkoons]

@Fawziakoofi77 @MMehry 👆

[Jennifer Koons @jenkoons]

It’s Been 50 Years. I Am Not ‘Napalm Girl’ Anymore.

"The child running down the street became a symbol of the horrors of war. The real person looked on from the shadows, fearful that I would somehow be exposed as a damaged person."

https://t.co/yChaOKkGlR

[Jennifer Koons @jenkoons]

Please share widely https://t.co/SAwzh1t1RQ via @Sahar_Speaks @IWMF

[Jennifer Koons @jenkoons]

"Wanna go out coffee, babe?" I just inadvertently asked *the dog* on this most Monday of Mondays.

[Jennifer Koons @jenkoons]

"And so it mattered less that I was a woman than that I was the United States of America.

Having understood what power that brought to the table, I made every use of it," @DeputySecState added. Quite a legacy.

[Jennifer Koons @jenkoons]

“Madeleine Albright taught me a very important lesson years ago when she was ambassador to the United Nations, and that was that when you sit at the table, you are the United States of America," State's @DeputySecState once said 1/2