Natalie Jennings

Natalie Jennings is senior managing editor of Wake Forest Magazine. Before joining the team in 2026, she spent nearly two decades as an editor and newsroom leader at The Washington Post and Vox, where she led teams of text, video, visual and audio journalists who covered politics and other topics. She co-founded Down from DC, a newsletter about the impact of federal policy on North Carolina.

Stories by Natalie Jennings

Emily Giffin's Wake Forest Sequel

The acclaimed author and alum was shaped by Wake Forest. In August, she was back on campus to help launch her youngest child into her first year.

Emily Giffin's Wake Forest Sequel

Star Treatment

Winston-Salem inducts two iconic professors into its arts walk of fame.

Star Treatment

What matters when wedding planning? Ask these Wake women.

3 Deacs share their their biggest pieces of advice for planning the big day.

What matters when wedding planning? Ask these Wake women.

Walking with Yeats — and Provost Wilson

Forty years later, Karen Richardson Dunn ('86, MDIV '11) felt the presence of then-Provost Ed Wilson ('43, P '91, '93) as she visited W.B. Yeats's grave and other sites in Ireland. She writes about that journey in our summer issue.

Walking with Yeats — and Provost Wilson