Jennifer Griffin

Jennifer Griffin (born April 20, 1969) is an American journalist who currently works as national security correspondent for Fox News.

Jennifer Griffin
Jennifer Griffin at Langley Air Force Base in 2015
Born (1969-04-20) April 20, 1969
EducationHarvard University
OccupationJournalist
Notable credit(s)
Fox News
Spouse(s)Greg Myre
Children2 daughters, 1 son

Biography

Jennifer Griffin was born April 20, 1969. She is the daughter of John W. Griffin, a partner in a Washington, D.C. law firm, and Carolyn J. Griffin, the producing director of Metrostage, a theater in Alexandria, Virginia. A 1992 graduate of Harvard University, Griffin has a bachelor's degree in comparative politics.[1]

Griffin initially reported for a newspaper in Johannesburg, South Africa, where she covered Nelson Mandela's release from imprisonment and other events in South Africa's transition away from apartheid. She covered Middle Eastern affairs for the Associated Press and National Public Radio before joining Fox News in 1999.

In 2009, Griffin was forced to leave the airwaves after she was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer.[2] Following successful treatment, she returned to work in 2010.[3] national security correspondent for Fox News.

Personal life

In October 1994, Griffin married Greg Myre, a journalist who is NPR's digital editor for international news and has reported for the Associated Press and The New York Times.[4] Griffin and Myre have three children, Annalise Myre, Amelia Myre and Luke Myre.[5]

References
  1. "Jennifer Griffin". FOX News Network, LLC. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  2. "Jennifer Griffin". Premiere Speakers Bureau. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  3. Griffin's own battle: breast cancer, Washington Post (2009); accessed August 29, 2015 Archived January 12, 2016, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. WEDDINGS; Jennifer Griffin And Greg Myre wed, nytimes.com; accessed August 29, 2015.
  5. Matloff, Judith. "On the Job: Mothers at War" Archived 2007-04-07 at the Wayback Machine, Columbia Journalism Review (July/August 2004); accessed April 1, 2007.
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