Editing Eleanor Clift (section)

==Journalism career==
Clift began her career in 1963 as a secretary at ''[[Newsweek]]'', and was one of the first female reporters to earn an internship from the secretary pool. Working out of Atlanta, Clift became the reporter assigned to cover the then-unlikely candidate, [[Jimmy Carter]]. Clift traveled with the campaign and reported from the road. After Carter's win, Clift became White House correspondent for ''[[Newsweek]]'' and has covered every presidential campaign for the magazine since 1976. When Newsweek merged with ''[[The Daily Beast]]'' in 2010, Clift stayed on to cover politics for the online publication.