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Lesley Messer

  • Editorial Consultant, Writer and Editor, Freelance
Los Angeles
As seen in: HuffPost, Yahoo News, ABC News, ABC NewsOne, People, Yahoo, KABC-TV (Los Angeles, CA), KGO-TV (San Francisco, CA), WLS-TV (Chicago, IL), KTRK-TV (Houston, TX) and
Head of Editorial, @ClickUp. Former @ABC, @GMA, @Calm. Whodey, always.
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What to say to someone who's had a miscarriage

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By Lesley Messer, Elisa Tang
| Yahoo News
Miscarriage, or the loss of a pregnancy, is disturbingly common -- so much so, that if you haven't had one, you likely know someone who has. Though it's impossible to say how many pregnancies end in miscarriage, as many occur before a woman knows she's expecting, the Mayo Clinic reports that at least 10% to 20% of pregnancies result in a loss. Still, it can be difficult to know how to comfort those who are grieving.
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Lesley Messer, Former Staff Writer - PEOPLE

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By Lesley Messer
| People
Title: Former Staff Writer Education: New York University, Northwestern University Lesley Messer is a former staff writer at PEOPLE. She left PEOPLE in 2013. Before joining PEOPLE in 2005, she was a senior staff editor for the Local: East Village blog at The New York Times in 2010. Lesley graduated with a master’s degree in multimedia/digital journalism from New York University and a bachelor’s in journalism from Northwestern University.
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Author Joan Didion has died at 87

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By Alexandra Svokos , Lesley Messer
| WMAY-AM (Springfield, IL)
Neville Elder/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Revered journalist and author Joan Didion died Thursday at her home in New York City due to complications from Parkinson’s disease, her longtime publisher confirmed to ABC News. She was 87-years-old.
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