Claire Hoffman

Claire Denise Hoffman (born March 5, 1977) is an American journalist, author, and Assistant Professor of Journalism at the University of California, Riverside.^[1]

Hoffman was born and raised in Fairfield, Iowa, where her family was part of the Transcendental Meditation movement. She attended Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment.^[2] She has a masters degrees in religious studies from the University of Chicago Divinity School and masters degree from the Columbia School of Journalism.

While working for the Times, she profiled the founder of Girls Gone Wild, Joe Francis in a story titled “Baby Give Me a Kiss.” The piece recounts Francis' assault of Hoffman as well as his alleged rape of an 18-year old girl. The story is the most viewed piece on latimes.com.^[2]

She writes and has written for numerous publications including Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, Condé Nast Portfolio and the Los Angeles Times.^[3]

Footnotes

1. ^ Ucr: department of creative writing. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.creativewriting.ucr.edu/people/hoffman/index.html
2. ^ ^{a b} Palmer, B. (n.d.). Brian m. palmer | claire hoffman interview. Retrieved from http://www.brianmpalmer.com/clairehoffman.html
3. ^ Claire hoffman, benjamin goldhirsh. (2009, August 28). The New York Times, Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/fashion/weddings/30HOFFMAN.html

External links

• Claire Hoffman's website

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