Elinor Burkett was born on October 9,1946 and is an American journalist, author, film producer, and documentary director.
12 Facts About Elinor Burkett
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In 1975, Burkett graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a doctorate in Latin American History.
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In 1988, Elinor Burkett earned a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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Elinor Burkett was a history professor at Frostburg State University in Frostburg, Maryland for 13 years.
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Elinor Burkett was a staff writer for the Miami Herald from 1988 to 1992 and she has been published by leading publications such as The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone and Harper's Bazaar.
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Elinor Burkett has held Fulbright professorships in both Kyrgyzstan and Zimbabwe and received numerous awards and grants for her work as a historian and writer.
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Elinor Burkett chaired the Department of Journalism of the University of Alaska-Fairbanks.
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Elinor Burkett authored her first book in 1993, written with Frank Bruni.
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Elinor Burkett offered a scorching criticism of the 'AIDS industry' for greed, self-promotion and putting politics over prevention.
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Elinor Burkett related to her time in Kyrgyzstan where she moved in 2001 as a Fulbright Professor teaching journalism at the Kyrgyz-Russo Slavonic University.
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In 2004 Elinor Burkett co-directed Is It True What They Say About Ann, a documentary about the right-wing commentator Ann Coulter.
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Elinor Burkett was removed from production of the documentary a year earlier, resulting in a lawsuit and out of court settlement.