Joelle Attinger is a correspondent for Time magazine in the Boston bureau, a commentator on Canadian television and radio, and a contributor to Societe Generale de Presse in Paris, France. Prior to moving to the Boston bureau, Ms. Attinger was a correspondent in the Washington bureau for Time magazine, covering the State Department and Congress and was also a librarian/reporter prior to becoming a correspondent. From 1973 to 1977, Attinger covered European politics in Paris for Time magazine as a researcher/reporter.