Jenny Nordberg is an award-winning investigative journalist and author whose work spans international human rights, conflict, and gender issues. Based in New York and Sweden, she has contributed long-form investigations to publications such as "The New York Times", "The New Yorker", "The Atlantic", and "The Guardian". Her groundbreaking reporting on Afghanistan's "bacha posh" - girls who live disguised as boys under gender apartheid - was published in "The New York Times" and later expanded into her acclaimed nonfiction book, "The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan". The book, translated into eighteen languages, offers a revealing portrait of Afghan culture and women's resistance.
Nordberg's career includes extensive fieldwork as a correspondent in Afghanistan, Iran, and Ukraine, where she has led cross-border investigations into corruption, conflict, and human rights abuses. As part of "The New York Times" investigative unit, she contributed to a Pulitzer Prize-winning series on the U.S. freight railroad system and reported on U.S. foreign policy in Haiti. Her work has also been adapted into television documentaries covering topics such as Iraqi refugees and Pakistan's nuclear proliferation. In Sweden, she founded the first investigative team at the national radio division, focusing on terrorism and government corruption.
A seasoned lecturer and educator, Nordberg has taught cross-border investigative journalism at New York University and frequently contributes foreign policy analysis to Swedish media. Her accolades include awards from Investigative Reporters and Editors, the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, and Sweden’s prestigious Guldspaden. She holds degrees in law and journalism from Stockholm University and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Nordberg continues to write and report on global issues, blending rigorous investigative methods with compelling narrative storytelling.