Jane Mayer
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| Jane Mayer | |
|---|---|
| Gender | female |
| Born | 1955 |
| Birth place | New York City |
| Age | 51 |
| Circumstances | |
| Occupation | journalist and author |
| Marital status | married |
| Children | two children |
| Notable credit(s) | The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal |
Jane Mayer (born 1955 in New York City) is an American investigative journalist who has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1995[1]. In recent years, she has written extensive articles for that publication on Dick Cheney, the bin Laden family, and the US government's controversial policy of extraordinary rendition.
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[edit] Education
Mayer is a 1973 graduate of Fieldston and a 1977 graduate of Yale University, where she was a stringer for Time magazine. She continued her studies at Oxford University.
[edit] Career
Mayer was a metropolitan reporter for the now-defunct Washington Star, then joined The Wall Street Journal in 1982.
Mayer has also contributed to the New York Review of Books and American Prospect and co-authored two books—Strange Justice: The Selling of Clarence Thomas (1994) (written with Jill Abramson), a study of the controversy-laden nomination and appointment of Clarence Thomas to the US Supreme Court, and Landslide: The Unmaking of the President, 1984–1988 (1989) (written with Doyle McManus), an account of Ronald Reagan's second term in the White House.
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] As co-author
- With Doyle McManus. Landslide: The Unmaking of the President, 1984–1988 (1989) ISBN 0-395-45185-X
- With Jill Abramson. Strange Justice: The Selling of Clarence Thomas (1994) ISBN 0-395-63318-4
[edit] Notes
[edit] External links
- "Clarence Thomas's Revenge" (American Prospect, July 30, 2001)
- The House of bin Laden: A family's, and a nation's, divided loyalties" The New Yorker, November 12, 2001)
- "Contract Sport: What did the Vice-President do for Halliburton?" The New Yorker, February 16/23, 2004)
- "Outsourcing Torture: The secret history of America’s 'extraordinary rendition'" program (The New Yorker, February 14, 2005)
- Interview on Democracy Now (February 17, 2005)
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