Obits will, rightly, talk of her work at #DocSociety, such as the #GoodPitch, pairing docmakers with NGOs + activists with stories needing told.

But her work (with Cath LeCouteur & Stu) at Shooters from 1998 was also groundbreaking. You'd join a ~20k GNU #Mailman list to cast, crew, rant, share notes, pitch scripts.

Email lists == fediverse.

They then had the vision/courage to pivot into a subscription pay-to-write/read-early service.

Tom Fogg interviewed her in 2000: https://www.netribution.co.uk/features/interviews/2000/jess_search/1.html