Stephanie Jones (she/her) is a writer, editor and educator with a background in feature stories, in-depth interviews, long-form copywriting and editorial management.

 

She works as features writer for DownBeat magazine and has contributed interviews, narrative pieces and cover stories to a variety of local and national publications including The New York Times arts section, The Detroit Free Press, NPR: Music, JazzTimes, NAfME’s Teaching Music Magazine, Hot House Jazz Guide and Jazz Speaks. She does not write reviews or critical essays.

 

In 2022, Jazz at Lincoln Center contracted Stephanie as an editorial and copy consultant, then later as the organization’s in-house copywriter and Playbill editor through the 2023-24 season. She has written liner notes, at the artist’s request, for releases on Blue Note Records, Intakt Records, Candid and Cellar Live, and served as creator and host of “After the Call: The Official Podcast of Hot House Jazz.” Beginning as copy editor and proofreader, in 2016 she worked her way up to becoming managing editor of New Jersey Teachers Magazine. 

 

Stephanie graduated from Wellesley College, having majored in English literature. A Phi Beta Kappa and Kaye Scholar, she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from The City College of New York, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude. In 2019, The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music recruited Stephanie to teach an interview-driven undergraduate course in music business. 

 

Her poetic works have been published in New Reader Magazine, Stone Poetry Quarterly, Poetic Sun and 50-Word Stories, and as a commission for Blue Note Records.