NPR COVERAGE: FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN ALAN GREENSPAN ANNOUNCES HIS SUCCESSOR; NPR SENIOR FOREIGN EDITOR LOREN JENKINS; BIOGRAPHY OF TOMMY DORSEY
NPR COVERAGE: FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN ALAN GREENSPAN ANNOUNCES HIS SUCCESSOR
The first hour of Airtalk was pre-empted by NPR coverage and analysis of Bush's nomination of Ben Bernanke to replace Alan Greenspan as the chairman of the Federal Reserve.
NPR SENIOR FOREIGN EDITOR LOREN JENKINS
Just imagine the many challenges of being in charge of NPR’s foreign desk in Washington DC: How would you strategize the coverage of the war in Iraq? How should the foreign correspondents be organized? What would be the editorial approach to stories? Larry speaks with Loren Jenkins, who has been filling the post of Senior Foreign Editor for NPR since 1996, the year that Bill Clinton was elected to a second term. Before joining NPR, Jenkins spent 25 years overseas as a foreign correspondent covering such stories as the Vietnam War, the war between Iraq and Iran, and the Intifada revolt in Israel and Palestine. Jenkins’ numerous awards include the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting for his Washington Post coverage of the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon and its aftermath. Today, Larry explores the various issues and concerns for NPR in covering international news, including such current headlines as: the Middle East conflict, Al Qaeda, China, North Korea, and the War on Terror. Jenkins joins us from NPR West in Culver City.
BIOGRAPHY OF TOMMY DORSEY
No musician evokes the Big Band era more than Tommy Dorsey. Drawing on new research and scores of interviews with musicians who knew him, Peter Levinson has written a new biography on the seminal musician’s life.