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Journalist, writer & WEB PRODUCER

Kenneal Patterson is a reporter based in Brooklyn, New York. She is currently Vanity Fair’s Associate Web Producer. Previously, she covered breaking news for the Daily Beast and New York culture for Gothamist.

She writes about everything from national politics to viral line cooks to wacky birding cults in Greenpoint.

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