Jennifer Griffin

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education = Harvard University
occupation = national security correspondent, journalist
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spouse = Greg Myre
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Jennifer Griffin (born 1969) is a Fox News correspondent, currently reporting from The Pentagon in Washington, D.C. as national security correspondent. Prior to her reassignment (on 12 March 2007), she had reported from Jerusalem for the network since joining it in 1999.

She is credited with conducting a rare interview with Ariel Sharon and reported on Sharon's hospitalization. Griffin also provided Fox New's coverage of the evacuation of Jewish settlements from the Gaza Strip.

Griffin has reported from Phuket, Thailand following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and subsequent Asian tsunami. She also played a part in the release of fellow Fox News reporter Steve Centanni and cameraman Olaf Wiig from captivity in Gaza in 2006.

Prior to joining Fox News, Griffin covered the Middle Eastern affairs for the Associated Press, National Public Radio and U.S. News and World Report. Previously, she reported for "The Sowetan" newspaper in Johannesburg, South Africa, where she covered Nelson Mandela's release from imprisonment and numerous other moments in South Africa's transition away from apartheid.

Personal

Griffin is a daughter of John W. Griffin, a partner in a Washington law firm, and Carolyn J. Griffin, the producting director of Metrostage, a theater in Alexandria, Va..

Griffin is married to Greg Myre [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D04E2DC1E3AF931A35753C1A962958260 WEDDINGS; Jennifer Griffin And Greg Myre - New York Times ] ] , a journalist who has reported for the Associated Press and "The New York Times". Griffin and Myre have two daughters [ [http://www.cjr.org/issues/2004/4/matloff-warmoms.asp Matloff, Judith. "On the Job: Mothers at War." "Columbia Journalism Review", July/August 2004.] Accessed 01 April 2007.] .

A 1992 graduate of Harvard University, Griffin has a bachelor's degree in comparative politics.

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External links

* [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,47667,00.html Official FNC bio]