Biography

Claire Hoffman works as a freelance magazine writer living in Los Angeles. She is also an Assistant Professor of Journalism at the University of California, Riverside.

Claire has written for a number of national magazines including, Rolling Stone, Condé Nast Portfolio, the New Yorker, Details, and others.  Before magazines, Claire was a staff reporter for the Los Angeles Times, where she covered everything from Hollywood to Scientology, and the adult entertainment industry. 

While at the Times, she wrote “Baby Give Me a Kiss,” a profile of Girls Gone Wild mogul Joe Francis. That story, which began with Francis’ assault on Claire and ended with his alleged rape of an 18-year old girl on the back of a roving party bus in Chicago, broke records on the latimes.com websites for the most page views.

Claire has two masters degrees—one in religious studies from the University of Chicago Divinity School and another from the Columbia School of Journalism. Before coming to California, Claire worked as an intern and a freelance reporter for the New York Times, where she contributed reporting to a Pulitzer-prize winning series that investigated fraud and death by the American freight railroads.