Tierney McAfee

Title: Former Staff Editor

Education: CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, University of Mary Washington

Tierney McAfee is a former staff editor at PEOPLE. She left PEOPLE in 2018.

Before joining PEOPLE in 2015, Tierney worked as a news editor at NBCUniversal Media, LLC from 2011 to 2012; a contract editor at Patch.com from 2012 to 2013; and a senior editor at HollywoodLife.com from 2013 to 2015.

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US President Joe Biden, alongside First Lady Jill Biden and two Easter bunnies, waves after speaking at the annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 10, 2023. - The theme of this year's Easter Egg Roll is "EGGucation". (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

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Owner of Gay-Friendly Hotels Apologizes for Hosting a Dinner for Senator Ted Cruz

Too Cute: #ObamaAndKids Goes Viral to Celebrate Black History Month; Michelle Obama Plays Along

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Inside Jenna Bush Hager's 'Most Precious' Times with Her Mom and Daughter (VIDEO)

Chelsea Clinton Opens Up About 'Remarkable' Daughter and the First Woman President

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Ivanka Trump Says Dad Donald Is Not Sexist: 'He's One of the Great Advocates for Women'