Michael Thomas Kelly (March 17, 1957 – April 3, 2003) was an American journalist for "The New York Times", a columnist for "The Washington Post" and "The New Yorker", and a magazine editor for "The New Republic", "National Journal", and "The Atlantic". He came to prominence through his reporting on the 1990–1991 Gulf War, and was well known for his political profiles and commentary. He suffered professional embarrassment for his role as senior editor in the Stephen Glass scandal at "The New Republic". Kelly was killed while covering the invasion of Iraq, in 2003; he was the first US journalist to die during this war.