Name Marvin Kalb Role Journalist | Spouse Madeleine Green (m. 1958) Siblings Bernard Kalb | |
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Born June 9, 1930 (age 93) ( 1930-06-09 ) Occupation News analyst, author,
Senior fellow of the Shorenstein Center,
Moderator of The Kalb Report, senior adviser at Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Notable credit(s) moderator of Meet the Press,
founding director, Shorenstein Center Relatives brother Bernard Kalb, daughter Judith Kalb Children Deborah Kalb, Judith Ellen Kalb Education Harvard University, George Washington University, City College of New York TV shows The Man Who Shot the Pope: A Study in Terrorism Books Haunting Legacy: Vietnam, The Road to War: President, One Scandalous Story: Cli, The Nixon memo, Roots of involvement | ||
Former cbs journalist marvin kalb discusses jfk s speech at au
Marvin Leonard Kalb (born June 9, 1930) is an American journalist. Kalb was the founding director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy and Edward R. Murrow Professor of Press and Public Policy from 1987 to 1999. The Shorenstein Center and the Kennedy School are part of Harvard University. He is currently a James Clark Welling Fellow at George Washington University and a member of the Atlantic Community Advisory Board. He is a guest scholar in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution.
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- Former cbs journalist marvin kalb discusses jfk s speech at au
- Marvin kalb says murrow still matters
- Haunting Legacy
- Trivia
- References
Kalb spent 30 years as an award-winning reporter for CBS News and NBC News. Kalb was the last newsman recruited by Edward R. Murrow to join CBS News, becoming part of the later generation of the "Murrow Boys." His work at CBS landed him on Richard Nixon's "enemies list". At NBC, he served as chief Diplomatic Correspondent and host of Meet the Press. During many years of Kalb's tenures at CBS and NBC, his brother Bernard worked alongside him.
Kalb has authored or coauthored many nonfiction books (Eastern Exposure, Dragon in the Kremlin, The Volga, Roots of Involvement, Kissinger, Campaign ’88, The Nixon Memo and One Scandalous Story) and two best-selling novels (In the National Interest and The Last Ambassador). His new book, The Year I was Peter the Great, will be published soon (October 10, 2017).
He hosts The Kalb Report, a monthly discussion of media ethics and responsibility at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. sponsored by George Washington University. He was a news analyst for Fox News, and is a contributor to National Public Radio and America Abroad. He is currently a senior adviser at the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.
Marvin kalb says murrow still matters
Haunting Legacy
In Haunting Legacy: Vietnam and the American Presidency from Ford to Obama (Brookings Institution Press 2011), Marvin Kalb collaborated with his daughter, Deborah Kalb, in an attempt to present a history of presidential decision-making on one crucial issue: in light of the Vietnam debacle, under what circumstances should the United States go to war? The Kalbs participated in a webcast interview of the book at the Pritzker Military Library on October 27, 2011.
Trivia
Kalb's colleagues at NBC had a running joke involving an NBC affiliate in Alexandria, Louisiana – KALB-TV, referring to that affiliate as "Marvin's Station". At one point, Today co-host Bryant Gumbel, in a co-op promo for the station's upcoming feature about Today in 1985, identified the station as KALB, smiled into the camera, and then intoned, "Marvin's Station" at which point the off-camera crew broke up.
Fox News political commentator Bill O'Reilly was one of Kalb's students.