Michael Schaffer (journalist), Date of Birth
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About Michael Schaffer (journalist)
- Michael Schaffer is an American journalist who is editor of the Washingtonian.
- Previously, he was editorial director of The New Republic and editor Washington City Paper.After graduating from Columbia University in 1995, Schaffer began his career as a writer at City Paper, where he eventually became the editor David Carr (journalist)'s deputy.
- He later worked at U.S.
- News and World Report, where he covered national politics and the aftermath of the September 11 attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
- He later worked for the Philadelphia Inquirer, mainly focusing on municipal politics and doing a tour of duty in Iraq.
- In 2007, he left the Inquirer to work on a book, One Nation Under Dog, published by Henry Holt in 2009.
- The next year, he returned to City Paper, replacing his longtime friend Erik Wemple as editor.
- He has also written for Slate, the Washington Post, Philadelphia, the Daily Beast, the Boston Globe and other publications.
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