From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
American journalist
J.F.O. 'Jef' McAllister
(born February 13, 1956) is an American
journalist
, author and lawyer. Formerly the
London
Bureau Chief of
TIME Magazine
, he is currently the Managing Partner of
McAllister Olivarius
, an international law firm headquartered in London. He is married to
Ann Olivarius
.
McAllister graduated
summa cum laude
,
Phi Beta Kappa
from
Yale College
in 1977 with a concentration in American diplomatic history. He then attended
Linacre College
at
Oxford University
as a
Marshall Scholar
, earning a D.Phil. in Modern History.
[1]
While there he co-wrote
The Right Hand of Power
, the memoirs of
U. Alexis Johnson
.
[2]
McAllister then returned to law school at
Yale
, before becoming a career journalist.
Between 1995 and 1997, McAllister was
Time
magazine's White House Correspondent, covering foreign and domestic policies and the internal politics of the
Clinton
Administration.
[3]
In his previous assignment as Diplomatic Correspondent, McAllister accompanied Secretaries of State
James Baker
,
Lawrence Eagleburger
and
Warren Christopher
on their foreign travels, and contributed to or wrote more than 40 cover stories on diplomacy.
[4]
McAllister served as Chief of
TIME
magazine's London Bureau from 1999 to 2007, covering the U.K. and Ireland for TIME and TIME International, and for writing widely about Europe and its relations with the rest of the world.
[5]
In this role, he authored cover stories on
Tony Blair
, the
2005 United Kingdom general election
,
EU
expansion,
Muslims in Europe
, the siege in the Russian city of
Beslan
,
terrorist bombings in London
, the 2006 G-8 summit and the
BBC
.
[6]
[7]
In 2006 he won the Foreign Press Association's award for Best Story by a Foreign Correspondent, for his cover story on how Queen Elizabeth has modernized the monarchy.
[8]
Since 2007, he has been the managing partner of McAllister Olivarius.
[9]
In addition to his legal practice, he comments regularly on politics and diplomacy for the BBC and other news organisations.
[10]
References
[
edit
]
|
---|
International
| |
---|
National
| |
---|
Other
| |
---|