Vanessa Grigoriadis
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Vanessa Maia Grigoriadis (born 21 September 1973 in New York City
, New York
) is an American
journalist
.
A writer for Rolling Stone
and for New York Magazine
, she received the National Magazine Award
in 2007 in profile writing. She was nominated in 2008 for feature writing, as well. The National Magazine Award is the industry's highest honor. She graduated from Wesleyan University
in 1995.
New York City
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, New York
New York
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) is an American
United States
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journalist
Journalist
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.
A writer for Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
and for New York Magazine
New York (magazine)
New York is a weekly magazine principally concerned with the life, culture, politics, and style of New York City. Founded by Milton Glaser and Clay Felker in 1968 as a competitor to The New Yorker, it was brasher and less polite than that magazine, and established itself as a cradle of New...
, she received the National Magazine Award
National Magazine Award
The National Magazine Awards are a series of US awards that honor excellence in the magazine industry. They are administered by the American Society of Magazine Editors and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City...
in 2007 in profile writing. She was nominated in 2008 for feature writing, as well. The National Magazine Award is the industry's highest honor. She graduated from Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college founded in 1831 and located in Middletown, Connecticut. According to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Wesleyan is the only Baccalaureate College in the nation that emphasizes undergraduate instruction in the arts and...
in 1995.