Elaine Lafferty
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Elaine Lafferty former editor of Ms. magazine, a Hillary Clinton supporter who advised the McCain-Palin campaign in 2008.
Lafferty is a journalist who was a staff correspondent for Time magazine beginning in 1988. While at Time, she covered the OJ Simpson criminal and civil trials, as well as the Unabomber case, the Polly Klass murder case and many other cases. She joined the Dublin-based Irish Times in 1998, and covered conflicts and wars in Kosovo
, the Middle East
and Afghanistan
and Pakistan
. As editor of Ms., she led the magazine to its first National Magazine Award
nomination in 17 years in 2005. Lafferty also served as a features editor at MORE magazine. Lafferty is a contributor to The Daily Beast/Newsweek, and in 2011 she headed up social media and communications for the Diana Nyad Expedition, the athlete's attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida.
Lafferty is a journalist who was a staff correspondent for Time magazine beginning in 1988. While at Time, she covered the OJ Simpson criminal and civil trials, as well as the Unabomber case, the Polly Klass murder case and many other cases. She joined the Dublin-based Irish Times in 1998, and covered conflicts and wars in Kosovo
Kosovo War
The term Kosovo War or Kosovo conflict was two sequential, and at times parallel, armed conflicts in Kosovo province, then part of FR Yugoslav Republic of Serbia; from early 1998 to 1999, there was an armed conflict initiated by the ethnic Albanian "Kosovo Liberation Army" , who sought independence...
, the Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
and Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
and Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. As editor of Ms., she led the magazine to its first National Magazine Award
National Magazine Award
The National Magazine Awards are a series of US awards that honor excellence in the magazine industry. They are administered by the American Society of Magazine Editors and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City...
nomination in 17 years in 2005. Lafferty also served as a features editor at MORE magazine. Lafferty is a contributor to The Daily Beast/Newsweek, and in 2011 she headed up social media and communications for the Diana Nyad Expedition, the athlete's attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida.