Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University

Faculty Profile

Lisa DePaulo

Lisa DePaulo, a correspondent for GQ Magazine and a contributing writer at Elle, is an award-winning magazine journalist with three decades of experience.  Her profiles for GQ have included memorable exclusives, such as a story on the soldiers who guarded Saddam Hussein in his final months as well as the first-ever interview with Rielle Hunter about her affair with presidential candidate John Edwards. DePaulo has profiled Vice President Joe Biden,  traveling around the country on Air Force II this past winter, and has written about General David Petraeus, chronicling his last days in Baghdad  as commanding general of the war in Iraq. She has also written features for GQ on Matt Damon, Jamie Foxx, Ivanka Trump, Justin Timberlake

At Elle Magazine, her profile subjects have included Teresa Heinz Kerry, Anderson Cooper, Bobby Kennedy, Jr. and Nancy Grace. She has also written for New York Magazine, Vanity Fair, The New York Times Magazine, the Daily Beast, Vogue, Philadelphia Magazine, the Washingtonian and many other publications.

She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communications.