Eleanor Clift became a contributing editor in September 1994. She writes on the Washington power structure, the influence of women in politics and other issues.

Formerly Newsweek's White House correspondent, Clift also served as congressional and political correspondent for six years. She was a key member of the magazine's 1992 election team, following the campaign of Bill Clinton from its start to inauguration day. In June 1992 she was named deputy Washington bureau chief.

As a reporter in Newsweek's Atlanta bureau, Clift covered Jimmy Carter's bid for the presidency. She followed Carter to Washington to become Newsweek's White House correspondent, a position she held until 1985. Clift began her career as a secretary to Newsweek's National Affairs editor in New York. She was one of the first women at the magazine to move from secretary to reporter.

Clift left Newsweek briefly in 1985 to serve as White House correspondent for The Los Angeles Times. She returned to Newsweek the following year to cover the Iran-Contra scandal, which tarnished the Ronald Reagan White House.

Clift is a regular guest on the syndicated talk show "The McLaughlin Group," and appears on many national television shows, including CNN's "Crossfire," "Inside Politics," "CNN & Co." and ABC-TV's "Nightline." She is also on the board of the International Women's Media Foundation.

Clift and her husband, Tom Brazaitis, who is Washington bureau chief and columnist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, co-wrote the book War Without Bloodshed; The Art of Politics (Scribner, June 1996).