Howard Arenstein is an award-winning news correspondent for CBS Radio

CBS Radio

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 and the radio bureau manager for CBS News

CBS News

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 in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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Early life and education

Arenstein earned an undergraduate degree from University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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 and then earned a master's degree in 1974 from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania

Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania

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Professional career

From 1974 until 1981, Arenstein resided in Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

, working as a reporter for The Jerusalem Post

The Jerusalem Post

The Jerusalem Post is an Israeli daily English-language broadsheet newspaper, founded on December 1, 1932 by Gershon Agron as The Palestine Post. The daily readership numbers do not approach those of the major Hebrew newspapers....

 newspaper and for Israeli Radio. In 1978, Arenstein was hired by United Press International

United Press International

United Press International is a once-major international news agency, whose newswires, photo, news film and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines and radio and television stations for most of the twentieth century...

 as the wire service's Jerusalem bureau chief and as an editor on UPI's foreign desk in New York and Washington.

In 1984, Arenstein joined CBS News as a writer on the overnight CBS News television broadcast CBS News Nightwatch. In 1987, he began working for CBS Radio.

During his time at CBS News, Arenstein has covered the impeachment process of President Clinton, the disputed United States presidential election

United States presidential election

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, the September 11 attacks, the war in Iraq

Iraq

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 and the Beltway sniper attacks

Beltway sniper attacks

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Arenstein has won two individual Edward R. Murrow

Edward R. Murrow

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 awards for outstanding journalism - one in 2002 for feature reporting, and one in 2006 for covering the first home game of the Washington Nationals

Washington Nationals

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 baseball team.

Personal

Arenstein's wife, Orly Azoulay, is the Washington, D.C. correspondent for the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth

Yedioth Ahronoth

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. He has two children, Leah and Louis, and two stepchildren.