Garrett Graff is the editor-in-chief for Washingtonian

Washingtonian (magazine)

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magazine in Washington, D.C. and an instructor at Georgetown University

Georgetown University

Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...

 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 will be released in March 2011.

Graff was born and raised in Montpelier, Vermont

Montpelier, Vermont

Montpelier is a city in the U.S. state of Vermont that serves as the state capital and the shire town of Washington County. As the capital of Vermont, Montpelier is the site of the Vermont State House, seat of the legislative branch of Vermont government. The population was 7,855 at the 2010...

. He served as deputy national press secretary on Howard Dean

Howard Dean

Howard Brush Dean III is an American politician and physician from Vermont. He served six terms as the 79th Governor of Vermont and ran unsuccessfully for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination. He was chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2005 to 2009. Although his U.S...

's presidential campaign starting in 1997, where he was instrumental in creating and maintaining Dean’s website.

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

Attending Harvard University, Graff was the executive editor at the Harvard Crimson

Harvard Crimson

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. He also held internships at ABC News’ Political Unit and Atlantic Monthly.