Jancee Dunn

Jancee Dunn (born May 1966) is a journalist and former VJ. She is most famous for her work at "Rolling Stone Magazine" where she is a contributing editor.

Background

Jancee's grandfather was a proud employee of the J.C. Penney Company. So proud that he named his son J.C. Dunn as a tribute to his employer. J.C. Dunn was also a proud employee of the J.C. Penney company and intended to name his son J.C. Dunn III. Surprised by a baby girl, the name Jancee was created as a variation of J.C.

She grew up in Chatham, New Jersey with two sisters, and frames much of her experience and outlook on growing up as a "Jersey girl." She attended University of Delaware but dropped out 17 credits short of her Bachelor's degree.

Rolling Stone

Jancee met an advertising executive at a party in 1989 and got the executive to submit her resume to the human resources department at Rolling Stone. After several weeks, she was summoned to an interview, where despite her awkward dressing, she won over her interviewer and was hired as an editorial assistant. Dunn has written for "Rolling Stone" magazine since and her first cover story was with Liz Phair. She has also covered celebrities as diverse as Green Day and Brad Pitt for the magazine.

Other Work

Dunn was also one of the original on-air personalities for MTV2, from 1996 until 2001. She writes for a number of publications, including "O, The Oprah Magazine", "Vogue", "Jane", "The New York Times", and others. For five years, she was a sex columnist at GQ under the pseudonym of Dr. Sooth. She contributed to Good Morning America between 2001 and 2002.

But Enough About Me

Dunn is the author of "But Enough About Me: A Jersey Girl's Unlikely Adventures Among the Absurdly Famous" (outside North America titled "But Enough About Me: From Eighties Geek To Rock & Roll Chic"), published in June 2006 by HarperCollins. It was an autobiography that chronicled her transformation from a suburban girl to contributing editor at one of the most glamorous magazines in the world. The book received widespread praise with Publishers Weekly writing: "Dunn blends interviewing tips, dirt-digging secrets and memoir-type snippets in a mix that's tough to define, but a delight to read... Amusing, clever and affable, Dunn shares a satisfying memoir-turned-celebrity dish."

External links

* [http://www.janceedunn.com Official site]
* [http://www.onthemedia.org/stream/ram.py?file=otm/otm072806g.mp3 Interview with NPR's] "On the Media"
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/06/30/bojancee30.xml&sSheet=/arts/2006/06/30/ixtop.html Article in] "The Telegraph"