Jenna Caldwell

Jenna Caldwell is an associate video producer for TIME. She is also the author of Still Waters.

Recent Articles

New Profit’s Tulaine Montgomery on Investing in the Unfamiliar

When it comes to funding new and innovative ideas, Black women are routinely overlooked. It’s an experience Tulaine Montgomery, CEO of American venture philanthropy organization New Profit, sees regularly and is working to put an...

By Jenna Caldwell

Let Bad Bunny Teach You Puerto Rican Slang

Bad Bunny breaks down slang from his home of Puerto Rico—from "perreo" to "bebesota" and why he considers himself a "jíbaro."

By Jenna Caldwell

Shein's Massive Popularity Comes at a Cost

Shein was 2022's most popular fashion brand. It's also a nightmare for workers' rights and the environment.

By Astha Rajvanshi , Video by Jenna Caldwell and Andrew D. Johnson

2022: A Year In Review

Following years of uncertainty—and a global pandemic that has proven to be one of the most challenging events in history—we forged on, prepared to tackle what lay ahead. And as we continued to extract the possible from the impossible, this year taught us, above all, that our voices—no matter how big or small can change the world.

By Jenna Caldwell and Andrew D. Johnson

How to Adjust Your Budget for Inflation

Tiffany “The Budgetnista” Aliche breaks down what you need to do to balance your budget right now.

By Jenna Caldwell and Solcyré Burga

Rapper Saucy Santana Is Opening a Door

Through his burgeoning success as a rapper, Santana has become a prominent voice in the LGBTQ+ community

By Jenna Caldwell

Filmmaker Rebeca Huntt's Debut Documentary BEBA Is an Intimate Self-Portrait

With the autobiographical documentary BEBA, filmmaker Rebeca Huntt crafts a story that feels universal while remaining all hers. The movie, Huntt’s debut feature, explores her identity through an intimate moving self-portrait. Huntt, whose mother is...

By Jenna Caldwell

Rapper Saucy Santana Knows He’s Always Had That 'It' Factor

Saucy Santana is the moment. The 28-year-old rapper, who has made waves for his hit songs like “Walk”, “Material Girl,” and “Shisha,” his flamboyant style, and his wildly-entertaining antics, is impossible to miss. Most superstars...

By Jenna Caldwell

How Social Media Shone a Light on Lauren Smith-Fields

TIME takes a look at “Missing White Woman Syndrome"

By Jenna Caldwell and Erica Solano

Kid of the Year Finalist Ethan Hill, 11, on Helping the Homeless: 'If You See a Problem, Fix It'

Ethan Hill was on his way to school one day in 2016, when he noticed a man living under a freeway overpass. Despite only being 6 years old at the time, Hill was determined to...

By Jenna Caldwell

Preserving New York’s Latino History, One Photo at a Time

Djali Brown-Cepeda launched Nuevayorkinos as a love note to her city

By Jenna Caldwell

‘We Need To Be in the Room.’ West Side Story’s Rachel Zegler and Ariana DeBose on Latino Representation in Film 

West Side Story became an instant classic upon its release in 1961. The adaptation of the 1957 Romeo and Juliet-inspired stage musical, which starred Natalie Wood and Richard Beymer as star-crossed lovers Maria and Tony,...

By Lola Ogunnaike and Jenna Caldwell

This Physician is Making Canadian Healthcare More Inclusive

Chika Stacy Oriuwa was on a clinical rotation in the emergency department one day in 2018, wearing her scrubs and stethoscope when she felt a tug on her shirt. It was a patient, who said:...

By Jenna Caldwell

'I Want to Uplift My Community.' Sad Girls Club Founder Elyse Fox on Destigmatizing Mental Health Care for Women of Color

Elyse Fox is on a mission. The founder of Sad Girls Club, a non-profit organization working to support and destigmatize mental health care for women of color, Fox is working to combat the mental health...

By Jenna Caldwell

Journalists Reflect on Covering Stories About Their Communities

Longstanding journalistic maxims would have a reporter remain disengaged while gathering the facts. But pursuing the whole truth means considering the humanity of one’s subjects—and of oneself. Lived experience can help a reporter empathize and...

By Jasmine Aguilera , Jenna Caldwell , Josiah Bates , Nadia Suleman , Naina Bajekal , Paulina Cachero , Sanya Mansoor and Suyin Haynes

Benji Backer on Crossing Partisan Lines to Solve The Climate Crisis

The conservative environmentalist Benji Backer wants to change how the climate movement has long been synonymous with the liberal movement. The president and founder of the American Conservation Coalition, a non-profit organization working to mobilize...

By Jenna Caldwell

Raquel Willis on the Power of Inclusive Activism

Writer, editor and activist Raquel Willis is on a mission to ensure that the fight for equality is intersectional—cognizant of peoples’ identities, privileges and lived experiences. Through her work in media and as the founder...

By Jenna Caldwell

TIME 100 Talks: Inside CISE's 'Protect Black People' Fashion

Blake Van Putten, the founder and designer behind CISE, discusses his vision in a TIME 100 Talks video

By Jenna Caldwell

'We Find Ways to Come Up With Solutions.' Haben Girma on How Disability Drives Innovation

In ordinary times, people with disabilities are regularly confronted with ableism, or in the words of Disability Rights Lawyer Haben Girma, “the widespread assumption that disabled people are inferior to non-disabled people.” During the coronavirus...

By Jenna Caldwell
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