Kim Ghattas

Ghattas interviewing U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in 2014

Kim Ghattas (born 1977 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a journalist for the BBC and author who covered the US State Department.[1]

She attended the American University of Beirut, studying political science. At the same time, she worked as an intern at an English-language newspaper in Beirut. Ghattas then worked for the Financial Times and the BBC from Beirut. After reporting from the Middle East, in early 2008 she moved to Washington, D.C., to take up her post covering the US State Department.[2][3]

In 2013 Ghattas wrote a book, The Secretary: A Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Heart of American Power, about her travels with Hillary Clinton during Clinton's tenure as Secretary of State.[4] She later covered Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign for the BBC.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "A Reporter Looks at Hillary Clinton's Public Diplomacy". Huffington Post. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  2. ↑ "Review: "The Secretary: A Journey With Hillary Clinton From Beirut to the Heart of American Power,' by Kim Ghattas". Star Tribune. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "Kim Ghattas discusses Hillary Clinton and 'The Secretary'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  4. ↑ Weisman, Steven R. (March 8, 2013). "'The Secretary: A Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Heart of American Power' by Kim Ghattas". The Washington Post. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  5. ↑ Kim, Ghattas. "US election 2016: On the campaign bus with Hillary Clinton". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
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