Jens Erik Gould

Jens Erik Gould (born 1981) is an American journalist focusing on politics, business and energy. He has reported for media outlets including The New York Times, National Public Radio, Bloomberg News, and TIME Magazine. He has also worked as a musician and video producer.

Jens Erik Gould
Jens Erik Gould, American Journalist
Born (1981-01-17) January 17, 1981
Santa Monica, California
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
OccupationJournalist
OrganizationTime
Bloomberg News
Websitejenserikgould.com

Career

Gould worked as a foreign correspondent in Venezuela from 2005-2008. During this time, he regularly contributed pieces on the Hugo Chavez administration to The New York Times′ Business Day, TIME Magazine, and National Public Radio, as well as pieces on the Venezuelan and global oil industry for Argus Media and Platts. From 2008-2011, Gould worked as a staff correspondent for Bloomberg News in Mexico City, covering Mexican politics, economy and the drug war. His work on Latin America has been cited in several Congressional Research Service reports for the US Congress.[1][2][3]

Gould moved to Los Angeles in 2011. He has covered California politics and entertainment news for TIME Magazine and time.com. He has interviewed both California Governor Jerry Brown as well as actor Matt Damon. Gould's journalism in LA drew the attention of the magazine Adweek, which has published multiple stories on his reporting.[4][5] He has also received criticism for his TIME article on redevelopment in downtown Los Angeles.[6] [7] During the Christopher Dorner manhunt in 2013, Gould was interviewed as an expert on CNN by Anderson Cooper and Chris Cuomo.[8]

Gould produced the video documentary web series Bravery Tapes, focusing on inspiring human interest stories.[9] The episode “Eric & Juan: A Crossroad of Gay Marriage and Immigration” was widely cited in the lead-up to the 2013 resumption of same-sex marriage in California, receiving praise from the NGO GLAAD.[10][11][12] His webseries Jens Erik Gould Presents features interviews with popular musicians, including Primus’ Les Claypool, 3 Doors Down and Jonny Lang.[13]

Gould's work has been frequently cited in peer-reviewed articles published by think tanks and scholarly journals, including the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, the Council on Foreign Relations, the RAND Corporation, the UCLA Law Review, the ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, and the Berkeley Journal of International Law.[14][15] [16][17][18][19] His articles have also been cited in several books, including The Cuba Wars: Fidel Castro, the United States, and the Next Revolution, Indefensible: Seven Myths That Sustain the Global Arms Trade, and the Encyclopedia of Transnational Crime and Justice.[20] [21] [22]

Awards

Gould received a Fulbright scholarship to teach at the University of Ghent, Belgium in 2002-03. He has also received two Pulitzer Center grants to report on the HIV crisis in Honduras and tuberculosis testing in Vietnam.[23][24] In 2013, Gould received a José Martí Publishing Award for Outstanding Community Service/Health Article from The National Association of Hispanic Publications.[25]

References
  1. Sullivan, Mark P. (January 17, 2006). "Venezuela: Political Conditions and US Policy" (PDF). everycrsreport.com. CRS Report for Congress. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
  2. "Caribbean-US Relations in the 110th Congress" (PDF). everycrsreport.com. CRS Report for Congress. August 31, 2007. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
  3. Beitel, June S. (April 23, 2010). "Colombia: Issues for Congress" (PDF). everycrsreport.com. CRS Report for Congress. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
  4. Horgan, Richard (July 5, 2011). "TIME Latest Outlet to Catch Up tp 'El Gringo Mariachi'". adweek.com. Adweek. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  5. Horgan, Richard (September 6, 2011). "TIME Magazine Reporter Kayaks Down the LA River". adweek.com. Adweek. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  6. Wilson, Simone (August 2, 2011). "NYC Thinks LA Wants To Be 'Manhattanized'". laweekly.com. LA Weekly. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
  7. Fleischer, Matthew (August 3, 2011). "LA Blogs Pile on Dumb Time Downtown LA story". adweek.com. Adweek. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
  8. "Transcript from February 23, 2013 - 1:00 ET". cnn.com. CNN. February 23, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
  9. The Cycle. "'Bravery Tapes' follows stories of courage". MSNBC. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
  10. Le Tellier, Alexandra (May 13, 2013). "Video Op-Ed: Fighting for gay marriage and immigration reform". latimes.com. LA Times. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  11. Turits, Meredith (June 26, 2013). "Bravery Tapes: Eric & Juan's California Gay Marriage Future Now Looks A Lot Brighter". bustle.com. Bustle. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
  12. Pacheco, Brian (May 14, 2013). "Gay Latino Binational Couple Fights for Their Dreams". glaad.org. GLAAD. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
  13. Jens Erik Gould Presents. "Jens Erik Gould interviews Les Claypool on Mud, Manhood and Beavers". YouTube. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  14. Mares, David R. (April 29, 2011). "Oil Policy Reform in Resource Nationalist States: Lessons From Mexico" (PDF). bakerinstitute.org. James A. Baker Institute for Public Policy. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
  15. Schaefer, Agnes Gereben; Bahney, Benjamin; Riley, K. Jack (2009). "Security in Mexico: Implications for US Policy Options" (PDF). rand.org. RAND Corporation. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  16. Levi, Michael K.; Mahler-Haug, Alexandra; O’Neil, Shannon (December 2014). "Spillovers from Falling Prices:Risks To Mexico and the United States" (PDF). cfr.org. Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  17. Perkiss, David Alan (2013). "A New Strategy for Neutralizing the Gay Panic Defense at Trial: Lessons from the Lawrence King Case" (PDF). uclalawreview.org. UCLA Law Review. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
  18. Bustamante, Michael J.; Sweig, Julia E. (March 1, 2008). "Buena Vista Solidarity and the Axis of Aid: Cuban and Venezuelan Public Diplomacy". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 616: 223–256. doi:10.1177/0002716207311865.
  19. Alexander, Klint W.; Soukup, Bryan J. (2010). "Obama's First Trade War: The US-Mexico Cross-Border Trucking Dispute and the Implications of Strategic Cross-Sector Retaliation on US Compliance Under NAFTA". law.berkeley.edu. Berkeley Journal of International Law. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  20. Beare, Margaret E. (April 26, 2012). Encyclopedia of Transnational Crime and Justice. SAGE Publications, Inc. ISBN 978-1412990776.
  21. Erikson, Daniel P. (November 10, 2009). The Cuba Wars: Fidel Castro, the United States, and the Next Revolution. Bloomsbury Press. ISBN 978-1608190126.
  22. Holden, Paul (February 15, 2017). Indefensible: Seven Myths That Sustain the Global Arms Trade. Zed Books. ISBN 9781783605651.
  23. "Jens Erik Gould". pulitzercenter.org. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
  24. Gould, Jens Erik (June 12, 2015). "Advancing TB Test Technology, Where It Matters Most". nytimes.com. The New York Times. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  25. "The National Association of Hispanic Publications' 2013 José Martí Publishing Awards" (PDF). nahp.org. The National Association of Hispanic Publications. 2013. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
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