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 Mediabistro. 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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  5. "FishbowlDC is written by Garrett Graff". MediaBistro. January 26, 2005. Archived from the original on February 21, 2006.
  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
  9. "In the Event of Attack, Here's How the Government Plans 'To Save Itself'". Fresh Air . NPR . Retrieved 2018-04-30.
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