Maureen Orth
| Maureen Orth | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Maureen Ann Orth January 26, 1943 Berkeley, California, U.S. |
| Residence | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Alma mater |
University of California, Berkeley University of California, Los Angeles |
| Occupation | Journalist, author, correspondent |
| Spouse(s) | Tim Russert (m. 1983–2008) |
| Children | Luke Russert |
| Website | http://maureenorth.com/ |
Maureen Ann Orth (born January 26, 1943) is an American journalist, author, and a Special Correspondent for Vanity Fair magazine. She is also the founder of Marina Orth Foundation which has established a model education program emphasizing Technology, English and leadership in Colombia.
Orth attended the University of California, Berkeley, graduating in 1964. Following her graduation from college, she served in the Peace Corps in Medellín, Colombia, from 1964 to 1966.
Orth began her career as one of the first female writers at Newsweek, where she wrote seven cover stories. Between 1978-80 she was a Senior Editor at New York, New West Magazines. In 1981 she was the principal correspondent of Newsweek Woman on Lifetime TV. From 1983 to 1984 she was a network correspondent for NBC News.
Orth was a contributing editor at Vogue from 1984 to 1989 and a columnist for New York Woman from 1986 to 1990.
Orth has written for Vanity Fair since 1988 and has been a Special Correspondent for that magazine since 1993. Among the heads of state she has interviewed are Russian President Vladimir Putin, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Argentinian President Carlos Menem, and Irish President Mary Robinson. Shortly after the terrorist attack on the U.S. on 9/11 of 2001, which originated in Afghanistan, she traveled to Central Asia to investigate the connection between drugs and terrorism for "Afghanistan's Deadly Habit."
Orth has reported on two major Hollywood child molestation cases - Woody Allen's and Michael Jackson's. Her first piece on the Woody Allen and Dylan Farrow case was published in 1992 called "Mia's Story" and twenty years later she followed it up with another article in 2013, "Momma Mia!". The second child molestation case she reported on involved the allegations brought by then-minor Jordan Chandler against Michael Jackson in 1993. Orth subsequently reported for the magazine on Jackson four more times, including articles on Jackson's appearance on ABC News's PrimeTime Live, on a civil lawsuit filed against him in 2003 by concert promoter Marcel Avram, and on the criminal suit brought against Jackson in 2005, again for child molestation.
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