Jen­nifer Stein­hauer has cov­ered high-pro­file beats in her twen­ty-five-year report­ing career at The New York Times, from City Hall bureau chief and Los Ange­les bureau chief to Capi­tol Hill. She won the Newswoman’s Club of New York Front Page Dead­line Report­ing Award in 2006 for her report­ing on Hur­ri­cane Kat­ri­na. She has writ­ten a nov­el about the tele­vi­sion busi­ness and two cookbooks.