Jennifer Van Grove

Jennifer Van Grove is the Startups Reporter for Mashable.com, the world’s largest independent web technology news site.

After spending years reporting on breaking technology news stories, social media sites and digital brand campaigns, Jennifer now focuses most of her reporting on early stage startups and industry trends. Jennifer's stories are often syndicated to CNN, Forbes, USA Today and Yahoo News. Show more

Jennifer also has experience in television, having introduced social media reporting to the NBC San Diego newsroom. Each week, Jennifer would interview top industry executives and startup founders live via Skype during the morning news broadcast.

Jennifer's past accomplishments include organizing the San Diego Tweetup and helping advise companies large and small on their social media strategy.

Jennifer was recently recognized as one of the top 25 women in social media.

[Jennifer has also organized two separate group trips to the Price is Right, but has yet to walk away a winner. Her brother Jeffrey, however, won a car and more than $16,000 in cash and prizes (when Bob Barker was still hosting the show). Clearly, Jennifer brings luck to those around her.]

You can find Jennifer pretty much anywhere on the web under the handle "jbruin." She often tweets, tumbles and posterizes on tech and the world at large, which means some content may occasionally be NSFW.

Language, writing, community, blogs, social media, skiing, jogging, Padres baseball, San Diego Chargers, UCLA Bruins athletics and really bad (but mostly great) music

Experience:
- Senior Reporter at Mashable
- Technology Correspondent at NBC Universal
- Community and Social Media Consultant at Self-Employed
- Blogger at StartupSD.net
- FLL/JFLL Community Manager at FIRST
- Community Manager at Luth Research
- IT Project Administrator at Luth Research