Lisa Miller (journalist) explained

Lisa Miller
Birth Place:Cleveland, Ohio
Occupation:Author, journalist, editor
Nationality:American
Notableworks:Heaven: Our Enduring Fascination with the Afterlife

Lisa Miller (born 1963) is an American writer and journalist working for The New York Times. Formerly a contributing editor for New York, a senior editor of Newsweek and a religion columnist for The Washington Post, Miller is a Wilbur Prize-winning[1] author and a commentator on religion, history, and religious faith.[2]

She has written Newsweek cover stories on Barack Obama,[3] Mitt Romney,[4] and Sarah Palin,[5] as well as several New York cover stories on social trends.

Personal life

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Miller was raised in a secular Jewish home.[6] She attended Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, graduating in English in 1984. She worked at the Harvard Business Review, The New Yorker, and The Wall Street Journal.[7]

Miller was married to her husband in an interfaith ceremony performed by an Episcopalian priest who worked with a rabbi on the ceremony. After the birth of her daughter, Miller joined a Jewish temple for reasons of "blood and history and culture".[6] She describes this religious community as a "progressive, inclusive congregation."

Career

Miller has worked as a writer and editor at the Harvard Business Review, The New Yorker, and The Wall Street Journal. She joined Newsweek as society editor in July 2000, becoming the religion editor and columnist in October 2006.[2] Miller has also been the religion columnist for The Washington Post[8] and a contributing editor for New York.[9] In January 2024, Miller was hired by The New York Times as a domestic correspondent for the paper's Well health section.[10]

Books

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2010 Wilbur Award Winners | RCC . Religioncommunicators.org . June 29, 2010.
  2. Web site: Lisa Miller - Newsweek . www.newsweek.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100530065924/http://www.newsweek.com/authors/lisa-miller.html . 2010-05-30.
  3. Web site: Cover Story: Barack Obama's Christian Journey - Newsweek and the Daily Beast . . April 29, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130720055213/http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2008/07/11/finding-his-faith.html . July 20, 2013 . dead .
  4. Web site: Mitt's Mission - Newsweek and the Daily Beast . . April 29, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120904213144/http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2007/10/01/mitt-s-mission.html . September 4, 2012 . dead .
  5. Web site: Saint Sarah . https://web.archive.org/web/20121015063611/http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/06/11/saint-sarah.html . 2012-10-15 . www.thedailybeast.com.
  6. Web site: Miller . Lisa . On Faith Panelists Blog: Faith in love – Lisa Miller . https://web.archive.org/web/20091117092302/http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/panelists/lisa_miller/2009/11/faith_in_love.html . dead . November 17, 2009 . Newsweek.washingtonpost.com . June 29, 2010.
  7. Web site: Lisa Miller: About the Author: HarperCollins Publishers . Harpercollins.com . March 24, 2010 . June 29, 2010.
  8. Web site: Miller . Lisa . Lisa Miller – On Faith at washingtonpost.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20090318022542/http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/panelists/lisa_miller/ . dead . March 18, 2009 . Newsweek.washingtonpost.com . June 29, 2010.
  9. Web site: Miller . Lisa . Lisa Miller – Contributing Editor, New York Magazine.
  10. Web site: 2024-01-18 . Lisa Miller Is Joining Well . 2024-06-24 . The New York Times Company . en-US.
  11. Book: 978-0-06-055475-0. Heaven: Our Enduring Fascination with the Afterlife. Miller. Lisa. March 23, 2010. HarperCollins .
  12. Web site: Harper Collins.

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