Garrett Graff

Garrett Graff is a former editor of Politico Magazine.[1] Prior to that he was editor-in-chief for Washingtonian magazine in Washington, D.C. and an instructor at Georgetown University in the Masters in Professional Studies Journalism and Public Relations program. He is the author of The First Campaign, and his second book,The Threat Matrix: The FBI at War in the Age of Global Terror was released in March 2011.

Graff was born in 1981 and raised in Montpelier, Vermont. He served as deputy national press secretary on Howard Dean's presidential campaign starting in 1997, where he was instrumental in creating and maintaining Dean’s website.

He is reportedly exploring a run for lieutenant governor of Vermont, though it is not yet clear if he meets the state's residency requirements. He has also registered domain names implying an interest in running for the governorship or a senate seat.[2]

He was formerly the Vice President of Communications at EchoDitto, Inc. a Washington, D.C. based technology consulting firm.[3] Graff also ran FishbowlDC for the blog Media Bistro. Graff was the first blogger to officially get credentialed to cover the White House.[4]

Attending Harvard University, Graff was the executive editor at the Harvard Crimson. He also held internships at ABC News’ Political Unit and Atlantic Monthly.[5]

Graff's Book

Works

The First Campaign, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, (2007)

References

  1. ↑ Politico http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/capitalcomment/media/garrett-graff-leaves-politico-will-return-to-vermont.php. Retrieved November 7, 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ http://m.sevendaysvt.com/OffMessage/archives/2015/11/06/garrett-graff-exploring-run-for-lieutenant-governor-of-vermont. Retrieved November 7, 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ DCFishbowl Garrett Graff bio http://www.mediabistro.com/articles/cache/a3681.asp
  4. ↑ Seeyle, Katharine (7 March 2005). "White House Approves Pass for Blogger". New York Times. Retrieved 6 Nov 2008.
  5. ↑ "Author Profiles: Garrett M. Graff". Washingtonian. Retrieved August 13, 2009.


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