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Michael Mahon Hastings (January 28, 1980 – June 18, 2013) was an American journalist, author, contributing editor to ''Rolling Stone'' and reporter for BuzzFeed. He was raised in New York, Canada, and Vermont, and attended New York University. Hastings rose to prominence with his coverage of the Iraq War for ''Newsweek'' in the 2000s. After his fiancee Andrea Parhamovich was killed when her car was ambushed in Iraq, Hastings wrote his first book, ''I Lost My Love in Baghdad: A Modern War Story'' (2008), a memoir about his relationship with Parhamovich and the violent insurgency that took her life. He received the George Polk Award for "The Runaway General" (2010), a ''Rolling Stone'' profile of General Stanley McChrystal, commander of NATO's International Security Assistance Force in the Afghanistan war. The article documented the widespread contempt for civilian government officials by the general and his staff and ultimately resulted in McChrystal's resignation. Hastings followed up with ''The Operators'' (2012), a detailed book account of his month-long stay with McChrystal in Europe and Afghanistan. Hastings became a vocal critic of the surveillance state during the investigation of reporters by the U.S. Department of Justice in 2013, referring to the restrictions on the freedom of the press by the Obama administration as a "war" on journalism.〔Uygur, Cenk. (June 23, 2013). "(Michael Hastings and The War on Journalism )". ''The Young Turks''.〕 His last story, "Why Democrats Love to Spy On Americans", was published by BuzzFeed on June 7.〔("Why Democrats Love To Spy On Americans" ), buzzfeed.com, June 7, 2013.〕〔Stebner, Beth. (June 19, 2013). ("Michael Hastings conspiracy theories: Web goes wild after NSA, CIA reporter killed in crash" ), ''Daily News''; accessed April 11, 2015.〕 Hastings died in a fiery high-speed automobile crash on June 18, 2013, in Los Angeles, California. Blue Rider Press posthumously published his only novel, ''The Last Magazine'' (2014), a year after his death.〔Garner, Dwight (June 17, 2014). (War's Hell, Especially for Editors ). ''The New York Times''; retrieved June 17, 2014.〕 ==Early life and family== Born in Malone, New York, Michael was the son of Dr. Molly (née Mahon) Hastings and Dr. Brent Hastings.〔 Hastings had two brothers, Jon and Jeff.〔(Michael Hastings obituary ), legacy.com; accessed April 11, 2015.〕 Hastings lived in Malone until he was 11 years old. His family then moved to Montreal, Quebec, where his mother was trained in the field of pediatric ophthalmology at McGill University.〔Hurlburt, Casey (November 11, 2010). ("Vermonter Michael Hastings on the cover of the RollingStone" ), vermontbiz.com; accessed April 11, 2015.〕 He attended Lower Canada College, a private preparatory high school in Montreal, where he wrote a column for the school's paper. When he was 16, his family relocated to Vermont. He attended Rice Memorial High School, a Roman Catholic secondary school in South Burlington, Vermont. In high school Hastings was elected as class president, where he ran on a "anti-administration platform". He played lacrosse and soccer, and performed in the school's plays before graduating in 1998.〔〔Silverman, Adam (June 21, 2013). ("Michael Hastings email: Feds are investigating" ), burlingtonfreepress.com; accessed April 11, 2015.〕 After graduating, Hastings wrote for ''Scholastic'', an educational magazine for young adults.〔 He attended Connecticut College before earning his Bachelor of Arts in journalism from New York University in 2002. Hastings married journalist Elise Jordan in May 2011 in Holly Springs, Mississippi.〔 Jordan was a speechwriter for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice from 2008 to 2009. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael Hastings (journalist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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