Jeneé Osterheldt Bio

Jeneé Osterheldt Bio

Jeneé Osterheldt is the culture columnist for The Boston Globe where she covers identity and social justice through the lens of culture and the arts. Her work centers on Black lives and the lives of people of color. She is also the creator of A Beautiful Resistance, a multimedia series for the Globe that centers on Black voices and celebrates Black Joy.

Jeneé’s job is to provide context. Sometimes this means writing about Beyoncé and Black womanhood or unpacking the importance of public art and representation. Sometimes this means taking systemic racism, sexism, and oppression to task. It always means Black lives matter.

She joined the Globe in 2018. A native of Alexandria, Va. and a graduate of Norfolk State University, Osterheldt was a 2017 Nieman Fellow at Harvard, where her studies focused on the intersection of art and justice. She previously worked as a Kansas City Star culture columnist.