Jennie Punter has been an arts & entertainment writer and editor for more than 30 years. She has been a regular correspondent to Variety since 2008. She has written thousands of features and reviews for newspapers and magazines, primarily on film and music, and edited several arts publications. She is currently the editor of Musicworks, a Canadian non-profit magazine exploring innovative artists and ideas and serving an active community of readers, followers, and partners. She was a field producer and writer in documentary film. She is member of the TFCA and Magazines Canada’s Arts & Literary Magazines Committee. She serves as president of Wavelength Music’s board of directors, and on juries for the National Magazine Awards, the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Polaris Music Prize.