Maureen Orth

Maureen Orth is a special correspondent for Vanity Fair and the widow of NBC newsman Tim Russert.

Orth served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Medellin, Colombia from 1964 to 1966. In 1973, Orth began her reporting career at Newsweek as an entertainment and lifestyle editor before moving on to become a contributing editor at Vogue. She began writing for Vanity Fair in 1993 and was nominated for a National Magazine Award for Reporting in 1994 for an article she wrote about Arianna and Michael Huffington.

1. Orth's husband Tim Russert died on June 13, 2008
2. Russert and Orth had just returned from Italy when he died
3. Son Luke vacationed with them in Italy
4. The couple were due to attend Luke's graduation from Boston College
5. Orth and Russert met at the 1976 Democratic National ConventionMSNBC: NBC's Tim Russert Dies of a Heart Attack at 58 (June 14, 2008)