Jen Eyer is the Director of Audience Engagement for AnnArbor.com, overseeing the ways in which readers interact with editorial content. That includes managing social media efforts, taking a lead role in comment moderation, monitoring site traffic and helping identify ways AnnArbor.com can do a better job of engaging the community.
A graduate of Michigan State University's School of Journalism, Jen has worked as a newspaper reporter, a lifestyles editor and as senior news producer at MLive.com. Jen lives in Ann Arbor with her husband and two children, and is active in the community. Contact Jen at jeneyer@annarbor.com or 734-623-2577.
Selected stories by Jen Eyer:
Dicken student Mariel Almendras, 8, dies on Thanksgiving after long battle with rare ovarian cancer
On iPhones and love: How deep is your smartphone obsession?
Porch couch enforcement 'going to get a lot more rigorous' after Saturday morning fire and rescue
Conversations about 9/11: Where were you when you heard about the attacks? Share your story.
Commenters overwhelmingly pan proposed Ann Arbor parking rate hike
Earthquake in Virginia felt in Ann Arbor
They love it, they hate it, they're hot: What people are saying about the Ann Arbor Art Fair
Snoprah 2011: It's time to stock up like it's 1999
Mamas, don't let your daughters dress up to be porn stars
Bank's repeated errors almost caused couple to lose home to foreclosure
Cutting to the chase with DTE on tree trimming work for Ann Arbor homeowner
Couple stuck with pile of branches from AT&T tree trimming
Elderly woman's fall off new library ramp punctuates safety concerns
New 'ramp' at downtown Ann Arbor library raises concerns with disability advocates
Couple evicted due to landlord's failure to pay
Imagination Library, providing free books to children, coming to Washtenaw County
Daughter of illegal immigrants struggles against the odds to graduate from Huron High School
Panel: Parents, educators need to work together to prevent bullying
Saline calls back 28 teachers who were facing layoffs
Readers respond to story about euthanizing beloved family pet
USDA announces new initiatives to improve school lunch safety
Burns Park students raise money for Haiti earthquake victims
Super Bowl ads feature sex, violence — and now abortion. Will you let your kids watch?
A special evening: Daddy Daughter Dance coming to Ann Arbor on Feb. 12
Saying bye to Bear: Decision to euthanize terminally ill pet is a wrenching one
Is helicopter parenting going out of style? (With poll)
Easy craft activities to do with the kids out in the snow
Making the Christmas haul equal between kids is a tricky task
Why sibling relationships are so intense
Kids' behavior takes a turn for the worse at the holidays
Meat not good enough for fast-food chains sometimes served in public schools
Working through painful preschool goodbyes
Here's hoping for a good turnout at AAPS budget information sessions
Found: A peanut butter and jelly alternative that my kids will eat
Study: 70 percent of children at home day cares watch TV daily
Family negotiates no-homework deal with school
What's Going Around: Swine flu cases leveling off
Lesson from (overblown) Maclaren stroller recall: Don't put your fingers in the hinge
What's Going Around: It's all swine flu, all the time
Is Halloween really dangerous for kids?
Don't blame Somer Thompson's mother for her death
What's Going Around for 10/21: An uptick in 'flu-like illnesses'
What's Going Around: Illness in the community for the week of Oct. 14
What's Going Around: Week of Oct. 7
Calendar: Family Events Around Ann Arbor
Parents, safety advocates debate risk of publishing photos of children
Privacy also a concern with online photos of children
Perry Nursery School for at-risk kids to celebrate 75th anniversary
Save My Sanity: New studies raise cell phone/cancer concerns
Proposed state budget cuts put Perry Nursery School in Ann Arbor in jeopardy
Back-to-school season spawns organizing binge
MOMS Club offers friendship and support for at-home mothers
Save my Sanity: Swine flu fears
'Free Range Kids' author on Jaycee abduction
Save My Sanity: Atrazine in the water
ThinkStretch summer learning program director gives motivation tips
Gettin' fancy at the Traverwood library
2009 LEGO contest: Building stuff — and character
Zingerman's Roadhouse makes national kid-friendly restaurant list
Circus returns to Ypsilanti on Friday
'Shocking' prevalence of low vitamin D in kids
A MAG-nificent place for a birthday party
Pregnant women high priority for swine flu vaccination
Students get schooled in Jedi ways at summer camp
Potty training a boy is ... interesting
The incredible growing birthday party
Summer learning combats 'brain drain,' but how to keep kids motivated?
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