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.