Who is Mary Mapes?

Mary Mapes is an American journalist, former television news producer, and writer.

Mary Mapes is well known for breaking the story of the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse scandal, which won a Peabody Award, and the story of Senator Strom Thurmond’s unacknowledged biracial daughter, Essie Mae Washington.

She was a principal producer for CBS News, primarily the CBS Evening News and Primetime television program 60 Minutes Wednesday.

Early Life of Mary Mapes

Mary Mapes was born on May 9, 1956, as Mary Alice Mapes in Washington, US.

She has four sisters.

Mapes attended Burlington-Edison High School, Burlington, Washington, and graduated in 1974.

After her graduation, she went to the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington to study communications and political science.