About

I am an investigative journalist and author. I am currently working on a book about Jared Kushner and the Middle East for One Signal, a Simon & Schuster imprint.

My first book, Code Over Country: The Tragedy and Corruption of SEAL Team 6, is an exposé about the Navy SEALs and SEAL Team 6, which was published in 2022 by Bold Type Press, an imprint of Hachette Books.

Before that, I worked as an investigative reporter for The Intercept, focusing on national security and foreign policy. Before that, I was an investigative producer at NBC News and ABC News. I’ve been twice nominated for an Emmy, and I’ve broken national and international exclusives aired or distributed on all ABC and NBC platforms, including Good Morning America, World News Tonight, Nightline, the Today show, NBC Nightly News, and MSNBC. I have appeared on ABC, NBC, MSNBC, and CNN as a result of my reporting.

I have exposed government secrets for more than two decades. As a reporter, I have traveled to more than two dozen foreign countries, to every continent but Antarctica.

Before I was a TV producer, I was a magazine reporter. I have written for The New York Times, New York magazine, GQ, Salon, Details, and was a contributing writer at ESPN The Magazine. My work has been cited in the annual Best Sports Writing. 

I graduated from Sarah Lawrence College and received a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University.

If you would like to contact me, send an email to jjc2020cole [at] proton [dot] me or subscribe to my Substack