Garrett Graff Biography

Garrett Graff is executive director of the Aspen Institute’s Cybersecurity and Technology Program. A magazine journalist and historian he covered politics technology and national security for a dozen years. Graff has written for publications from WIRED to The New York Times and served as the editor of two of Washington’s most prestigious magazines Washingtonian and POLITICO Magazine which he helped lead to its first National Magazine Award the industry’s highest honor.
He is also the author of multiple books including The First Campaign: Globalization the Web and the Race for the White House about the role of technology in the 2008 presidential race; The Threat Matrix: The FBI At War which traces the history of the FBI’s counterterrorism efforts; and Raven Rock* about the US government’s Cold War doomsday plans. His e-book “Angel is Airborne: JFK’s Final Flight From Dallas” tells the dramatic story of the Air Force One flight back from Dallas Texas on November 22 1963 following the assassination of President Kennedy and was a finalist for the Livingston Award for National Reporting the highest award given to journalists under 35.
His online career began with his time as Governor Howard Dean’s first webmaster and in 2005 he was the first blogger accredited to cover a White House press briefing. His notebook from that first White House briefing is on view at the Newseum. For seven years he also taught social media digital campaigns and digital journalism at Georgetown University’s journalism and communications programs.

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