Elaine Sciolino

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name = Elaine F. Sciolino
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birth_date = c. 1949
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spouse = Andrew Plump
children = Alessandra and Gabriela
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credits = "The New York Times"; "The Outlaw State", "Persian Mirrors" (books)
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Elaine F. Sciolino is an American journalist who was the Paris bureau chief of "The New York Times" from 2002 to 2008. [ [http://www.eaccfrance.com/page.php?id=75 The European American Chamber of Commerce website] ]

Sciolino joined the "Times" in 1984. Previous posts at the "Times" include:
* senior reporter, Washington bureau, focusing on national security and cultural issues
* chief diplomatic correspondent
* reporter focusing on the Central Intelligence Agency
* diplomatic correspondent
* United Nations bureau chief
* metropolitan reporter

In October 2007, the "Times" announced that Sciolino would be succeeded by Steven Erlanger as Paris bureau chief in early 2008. Sciolino would become a foreign correspondent focusing on terrorism abroad, based in Paris.

Personal

A daughter of Anthony R. Sciolino (d. 2002) [ [http://www.dyc.edu/alumni/dmensions/05FA_dmensions.pdf D'Mensions Magazine (D'Youville College), Fall 2005] ] and his wife, the former Jeanette Limeri (d. 2005), [ [http://files.usgwarchives.org/ny/erie/obits/bn-dn/2005/sep/bn-dn08sep2005.txt "Buffalo News", September 11, 2005.] ] Sciolino was born in Buffalo, New York and has two siblings, Thomas and Marianne. She is married to Andrew Plump, an attorney, with whom she has two daughters, Alessandra and Gabriela. [ [http://www.eaccfrance.eu/page.php?id=75 The European American Chamber of Commerce website] ]

She received her B.A. from Canisius College in 1970 and her M.A. from New York University in 1971.

Bibliography

* "The Outlaw State: Saddam Hussein’s Quest for Power and the Gulf Crisis." New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1991. (hardcover) ASIN: B000AO4E3U (trade paperback) ISBN 0471542997 ISBN 978-0471542995
* "Persian Mirrors: The Elusive Face of Iran." New York: The Free Press, 2000. (Reissued edition, 2005) ISBN 0743284798 ISBN 978-0743284790

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