Garance Franke-Ruta is the executive editor of GEN by Medium. She has worked as Washington editor of Yahoo News and editor in chief of Yahoo Politics, Voices columnist and politics editor of The Atlantic Online, national web politics editor for the Washington Post, senior editor at the American Prospect and senior writer at the Washington City Paper, D.C.'s alternative weekly newspaper. Her work has also appeared in Medium magazine, New York, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, The New Republic, Slate, Salon, The Washington Monthly, Legal Affairs, Utne Reader and National Journal. After first attending Hunter College, she transferred to Harvard University, where she graduated magna cum laude in 1997.
| Born: | Cavaillon, Vaucluse, France |
| Education: | magna cum laude, Harvard University (1997) |
| Occupation: | Journalist, author |
| Notable credit(s): | national web politics editor for The Washington Post, previously a senior editor at The American Prospect and senior writer at the Washington City Paper, work has appeared in The Washington Monthly, The New Republic, Salon, Legal Affairs, and National Journal, frequent guest on BloggingHeads.tv |
| Twitter: | Garance Franke-Ruta's Twitter profile |
About Garance Franke-Ruta
Award-winning political journalist most well known for serving as the Washington editor of Yahoo News and the editor-in-chief of Yahoo Politics. She also previously worked for the Atlantic Online, the Washington Post, and the American Prospect.
Before Fame
After attending Hunter College, she graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College.
Achievement
She has frequently been a participant on Bloggingheads.tv's diavlog.
Family Life
She was born in the Cavaillon commune while her parents were staying in Lacoste. However, she grew up in San Cristóbal de las Casas.
Associations
Her aunt is renowned children's author Johanna Hurwitz.
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- Hunter College alumni
- 21st-century American journalists
