Miriam Elder
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Miriam Elder | |
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 Elder in 2014 | |
| Nationality | American |
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Miriam Elderis an American journalist who is foreign and national security editor forBuzzFeed News.She was formerlyThe Guardian'sMoscow-based correspondent.[1]Her writings have been published by theFinancial Times,The Sunday Telegraph,The Atlantic,theInternational Herald TribuneandThe Moscow Times.
Biography[edit]
Elder is a nativeNew Yorker.She is a graduate ofBarnard College,and holds anMAin strategic studies and international economics from theSchool of Advanced International StudiesatJohns Hopkins University.[2]
She covered Russian news and affairs forAgence France Pressefrom 2002 to 2003, and worked for theInternational Herald TribuneinParis,France, before moving toMoscow.She resided in Moscow from 2006.[3]to 2013.[4]
Elder was the first Western journalist to report on the Russian punk rock collectivePussy Riot.[1]In April 2012, whileThe Guardian's Moscow correspondent, Elder wrote an article critical of what she described as the epitome of Russian bureaucracy, stemming from an incident in which she attempted to retrieve her dry-cleaning after losing her ticket.[5]The article prompted a great laughter fromVladimir Putin's spokesmanDmitry Peskov,and Russians in general, who in a letter toThe Guardianmocked Elder for her story[6]and countered with a comparison to the bureaucratic difficulties Russians face when applying for British visas.[7]Elder alleged his response was evidence of a return to Soviet-erawhataboutism,and criticized Peskov for choosing to respond to a story on dry cleaning rather than the work she had done on corruption or the murder ofAnna Politkovskaya.[7]
References[edit]
- ^abFriedman, Uri (June 10, 2013)."BuzzFeedhires Miriam Elder as foreign editor ".Foreign Policy.
- ^"bio/contact – Miriam Elder".www.miriamelder.com.Archived fromthe originalon 2011-02-02.
- ^"Miriam Elder | GlobalPost".Archived fromthe originalon 2009-01-20.
- ^@MiriamElder (16 July 2013)."Living my last week in Moscow with no hot water, which is nice"(Tweet) – viaTwitter.
- ^Elder, Miriam (April 23, 2012)."The Hell of Russian Bureaucracy".The Guardian.RetrievedJune 26,2012.
- ^"Putin Aide Hits Back at Guardian 'Red Tape' Story".Journal of Turkish Weekly. Archived fromthe originalon 2015-04-02.Retrieved2013-12-13.
- ^abMiriam Elder (April 26, 2012)."Want a response from Putin's office? Russia's dry-cleaning is just the ticket".The Guardian.RetrievedMay 16,2012.
External links[edit]
- Miriam ElderOn BuzzFeed
- Biography atGlobal Post
- ProfileatThe Guardian