Jenn Frank is a video game industry journalist

Journalist

A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...

. She was 1UP.com

1UP.com

1UP.com is a video game website owned by IGN Entertainment, a division of News Corporation. Previously, the site was owned by Ziff Davis before being sold to UGO Entertainment in 2009....

's community manager, an editorial position she held at Ziff Davis Media

Ziff Davis

Ziff Davis Inc. is an American publisher and Internet company. It was founded in 1927 in Chicago by William B. Ziff, Sr. and Bernard G. Davis. Throughout most of its history, it was a publisher of hobbyist magazines, often ones devoted to expensive, advertiser-rich hobbies such as cars,...

 until 2008. She also wrote reviews for Electronic Gaming Monthly

Electronic Gaming Monthly

Electronic Gaming Monthly is a bimonthly American video game magazine. It has been published by EGM Media, LLC. since relaunching in April of 2010. Its previous run, which ended in January 2009, was published by Ziff Davis...

and frequently appeared on the podcast

Podcast

A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...

 Retronauts, which focuses on vintage video games and systems.

She was frontwoman for rock outfit Citizens on Patrol, which disbanded in 2006. (Their 2005 music videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Yavh56hKuA, which starred the band, "cost more than Arcade Fire's 'Rebellion (Lies)' video," according to Citizens on Patrol bassist Will Butler .)