Audra Heinrichs is a New York City-based journalist reporting at the intersection on music, entertainment and cultural moments and movements. Most recently, she spent nearly three years on staff at Jezebel. Her work has also been featured in a number of publications including: The Washington Post, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, Teen Vogue, PAPER, L’Officiel, The Independent, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Elle, Bustle, Polyester, The Telegraph, and many others.
Throughout her eleven-year career, Heinrichs has followed how a police killing of a migrant worker left an unincorporated farming community reeling during the covid-19 pandemic; the plight of a group of male sexual assault survivors plagued by an ongoing fight against one of the most powerful universities in the country; a philanthropy titan’s public fall from grace; the unionization of a group of sex workers in Los Angeles; the rise of the queer pop band who stole the hearts of America’s last remaining straights; and conservatives’ systematic elimination of abortion in her home state of Ohio. Most recently, she profiled Lola Young and The Last Dinner Party for Rolling Stone’s critically acclaimed “Future 25” package, went behind the scenes of a Hallmark film for Vogue, and saw her abortion coverage make the front page of The Washington Post.
Additionally, Heinrichs has served as an advance lead on the most consequential political campaigns of the last decade. In 2019, she joined Senator Bernie Sanders’ second presidential campaign to direct press logistics at historic events—from the “Bernie’s Back” Rally at Queensbridge Park to New Hampshire Primary Night. She’s continued to work with Senator Sanders, most recently on his “Fight Oligarchy” Tour in which she traversed the country and directed press on the most-attended rally in Los Angeles which convened 40,000 people, and the senator's public endorsement of New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani at Brooklyn College. Finally, Heinrichs directed all press logistics on the Mamdani campaign’s final events including: the “New York Is Not For Sale” rally at Forest Hills, and his election night rally.
Heinrichs holds an M.A. in American Journalism from New York University and a B.A. in English Literature and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies from The Ohio State University. She has led students at Harvard University, New York University, and other places of education in courses of her design to empower their storytelling.
She’s lived happily in New York City for ten years, but still claims there’s hope for Ohio.