Distinguished Newsman Marvin L. Kalb Joins the United States Institute of Peace as First Writer in Residence
Veteran American journalist Marvin Kalb is joining the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) beginning June 1, 2009, as its first "Writer in Residence." Kalb is working on a book, tentatively titled The Presidents and the War: From Truman to Obama, which focuses on the effect of the Vietnam War on American policy and politics.
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(Washington) -- Veteran American journalist Marvin Kalb is joining the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) beginning June 1, 2009, as its first "Writer in Residence." Kalb is working on a book, tentatively titled The Presidents and the War: From Truman to Obama, which focuses on the effect of the Vietnam War on American policy and politics. He will also moderate programs for USIP and offer guidance on the media and public diplomacy.
Kalb is the Edward R. Murrow Professor Emeritus at Harvard University. He is the founding Director of the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. He also served as Murrow Professor from 1987 to 1999.
Kalb spent 30 years as an award-winning Diplomatic Correspondent for CBS News and NBC News. He was the last newsman recruited by Murrow to join CBS News, thus becoming one of the later "Murrow Boys." He was Moscow correspondent and bureau chief for CBS, and he hosted "Meet the Press" for NBC. His brother, Bernard, worked with him for many years at both CBS and NBC.
Kalb has authored or coauthored nine 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 most recent book is The Media and the War on Terrorism.
He hosts The Kalb Report, a monthly discussion of media ethics and responsibility at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. sponsored by the Shorenstein Center and George Washington University.
Sheldon Himelfarb, USIP associate vice president and director of the Institute's Media, Conflict and Peacebuilding Center of Innovation, said, "The media has never been more important or perplexing; having Marvin at the Institute to help us understand the dramatic changes taking place globally is as exciting as it is invaluable. It is hard to overstate what he has already contributed to our appreciation of the role of media in international affairs."
