Elizabeth Neuffer

Elizabeth Neuffer (June 15, 1956 – May 9, 2003) was an American journalist who specialized in covering war crimes, human rights abuses, and post-conflict societies.

Neuffer began her career with The Boston Globe in the Washington bureau, where she covered Capitol Hill and the Clinton Administration's plan for health care reform.

She was also awarded the Edward R. Murrow Fellowship at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City, where she worked on a project about war crimes while on leave from The Boston Globe.

[2] On May 9, 2003, she was killed in a car accident while returning to Baghdad from an overnight trip to Tikrit where she covered the aftermath of the war.

The fellows complete research and coursework at MIT's Center for International Studies and journalism internships at The Boston Globe and The New York Times.