Jeffrey Gettleman

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credits = "The New York Times", "Los Angeles Times", "St. Petersburg Times", "Cherwell"
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Jeffrey A. Gettleman (born 1971) is an American journalist who has been the East Africa bureau chief of "The New York Times", based in Nairobi, Kenya, since 2006.

Gettleman graduated from Cornell University in 1994 with a B.A. in Philosophy [http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/ask_reporters/Jeffrey_Gettleman.html "The New York Times" Ask a Reporter Q&A: Jeffrey Gettleman] ] , after which he became a communications officer for Save the Children in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

He was a Marshall Scholar at Oxford University and received a. M. Phil. in June 1996. While at Oxford, Gettleman was the first American editor of "Cherwell", the university's student newspaper. From 1997 to 1998 he was a city hall and cop reporter for the "St. Petersburg Times".

In 1999, Gettleman joined the "Los Angeles Times" as a general assignment reporter. In 2000, he became bureau chief in Atlanta and was also a war correspondent in Afghanistan and the Middle East.

In 2002, Gettleman joined "The New York Times" as a domestic correspondent and later bureau chief in Atlanta. He has also reported from Iraq since 2003 and has been a commentator on CNN and other television networks.

Personal

Gettleman is the son of Robert W. Gettleman (b. 1943) [ [http://www.ilnd.uscourts.gov/JUDGE/GETTLEMAN/RWGBio.htm Biographical data for Judge Robert W. Gettleman - United State District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.] Accessed 18 May 2007.] , a judge of the United State District Court for the Northern District of Illinois [ [http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/archives/whitehouse-papers/1994/Aug/1994-08-16-President-Names-Four-to-Federal-Bench-in-Illinois The White House Office of the Press Secretary press release, dated 16 August 1994.] ] , and Joyce R. Gettleman, a psychotherapist with a private practice in Evanston, Illinois [ [http://home.datacomm.ch/rezamusic/HonorableGettleman.html Interview with Honorable Judge Robert W. Gettleman] ] . Gettleman's sister Lynn Gettleman Chehab is a physician.

Gettleman is married to Courtenay Morris ["Class Notes." "Cornell University Alumni Magazine Online", 109:2, September/October 2006.] , a former assistant public defender who is now a web producer for the "Times".

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