Jane Podesta, a former Washington correspondent for People Magazine for two decades, has followed Elizabeth Edwards on the campaign trail for years. A veteran reporter, Podesta has produced covers on Edwards, Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush, as well reporting on the campaigns of their husbands.

A long-time journalist, Podesta formerly reported for the St. Paul Pioneer Press, the Minneapolis Star and Tribune and Women's Wear Daily, where she was Miami bureau chief. Her work has appeared in the Washington Post, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Washingtonian, W and many other publications.

Podesta is an accomplished screenwriter, who has written a Washington thriller, Running In The Shadows, and a political comedy, Campaign Junkies. She is at work on a book and a TV sitcom.

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Elizabeth Edwards Can't Have It Both Ways

Posted May 20, 2009 | 06:32 PM (EST)


After the disastrous book tour launch of her confessional Resilience, Elizabeth Edwards isn't going quietly into the night. Now her misguided publicists are telling the media that Edwards won't grant any interviews with reporters who mention the name of John Edwards' one-time mistress -- Rielle Hunter.

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