Investigative Journalist, Writer, Political Analyst

Jennifer Oliver O’Connell, As the Girl Turns™, is an investigative journalist, freelance writer, political analyst and entrepreneur centered around politics, culture, the American story, and Yoga-inspired workshops and programs.

Jennifer writes on politics, pop culture, cultural concerns, and media at As the Girl Turns on Substack, RedState.com, 1819 News, and other outlets including The Hill, Townhall Media, DC Journal, Real Clear Policy, and Washington Times Communities. Jennifer has been a featured contributor on The Grace Curley Show, CONK! News, KHTS Santa Clarita’s Politics & The Pulpit, The Larry O’Connor Show, All American Radio with Jennifer Kerns, and other radio, cable, and streaming news.

Jennifer is the co-author of the 2022 memoir, The Making of An American Hip-Hop Tycoon with Benjamen K. Janey. In her writing, Jennifer has studied, interviewed, and featured the individual achiever, their ordinary and extraordinary accomplishments, and their process toward great achievement, as well as personal, career, and financial success. This memoir exemplifies these tenets, as well as Jennifer’s regular Friday feature entitled, Feel-Good Friday.

Jennifer is also a scholar/contributor to the 2018 Outstanding References Sources List (RUSA), and American Book Fest 2017 Award-winning women’s encyclopedia: Women in American History, A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection.

You can enter Jennifer’s Orbit all across social media. Look for asthegirlturns on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, Telegram, Truth Social, Gab and Gettr.