Craig Jenkins

Craig Jenkins grew up in New York City as a band geek with an interest in writing that took center stage when he “flaked on practicing instruments.” He rode the school newspaper-to-blogspot-to-Tumblr pipeline, catching the attention of editors which would lead him to freelance at outlets such as Pitchfork, Complex, Spin, and Billboard, and then as a writer/editor at Noisey. He started his first staff job in 2016 at New York Magazine and Vulture, which Herbheads know I ride for (see Allison P. Davis’s Herb 57). His continuing work there made him a Pulitzer finalist for criticism in 2021.