Jackie Spinner

Jackie Spinner

Jackie Spinner is an American journalist who has worked for "The Washington Post" since 1995. [ [http://errol.oclc.org/laf/n2005-88366.html Library of Congress name authority file] ]

Spinner grew up in Illinois, the daughter of a pipe fitter and a schoolteacher. She has a bachelor of science degree in journalism from Southern Illinois University Carbondale and a master's degree at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California at Berkeley.

Before joining "The Washington Post", Spinner contributed to "The Oakland Tribune, "The San Diego Union Tribune, "The Decatur Herald and Review", and "The Los Angeles Times TV magazine".She is a member of the Journalism and Women's Symposium and was a media fellow at Duke University in 2002.

Spinner arrived as the most junior member of "The Washington Post" bureau staff, working as a metro reporter and financial reporter, before becoming Baghdad Bureau Chief. In Iraq, she survived mortar attacks, car bombs, the Battle for Fallujah, and a kidnapping attempt outside of Abu Ghraib prison. She has contributed to MSNBC, PBS, CNN, BBC, ABC, and National Public Radio, and was featured in a PBS "Frontline" documentary on reporting the war in Iraq.

Works

*"Tell Them I Didn’t Cry" (2006) ISBN 074328853X

References

External links

* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A29400-2005Jan22?language=printer "In One Night, Iraqi Turns From Friend to Foe", "The Washington Post", 23 January 2005.]
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5170524 NPR interview with Terry Gross, 25 January 2006.]


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