Garrett Graff

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Garrett M. Graff
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Born1981 (age 4243)
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Harvard University
Occupationjournalist
Spouse
Katherine Frances Birrow
(m. 2013)

Garrett M. Graff (born 1981) is an American journalist and author. He is a former editor of Politico Magazine, [1] editor-in-chief of Washingtonian magazine in Washington, D.C., and instructor at Georgetown University in the Master's in Professional Studies Journalism and Public Relations program.

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Life

Graff was born in 1981 and raised in Montpelier, Vermont. As an undergraduate at Harvard College, Graff was an editor of The Harvard Crimson . [2] He also held internships at ABC News' Political Unit and Atlantic Monthly. [3] He served as deputy national press secretary on Howard Dean's presidential campaign; he helped create and maintain Dean's website. [4]

He later took a job as the Vice President of Communications at EchoDitto, Inc. a Washington, D.C.-based technology consulting firm. [5] Graff also ran FishbowlDC for the blog Media Bistro. In 2005, Graff became the first blogger to receive credentials to cover the White House. [6] Graff serves on the board of the Burlington Housing Authority [7]

Graff and Katherine Frances Birrow were married in Barnard, Vermont in 2013. [8]

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  6. Seeyle, Katharine (March 7, 2005). "White House Approves Pass for Blogger". The New York Times . Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  7. "Burlington Housing Authority Mum on Leadership Shuffle".
  8. Katherine Birrow, Garrett Graff Sept. 8, 2013
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