Kate Seelye is a journalist

Journalism

Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...

 specializing in coverage of the Middle East. Seelye reports for NPR

NPR

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, and has contributed to the BBC

BBC

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, Channel 4

Channel 4

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, and PBS

Public Broadcasting Service

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.

Seelye graduated from Amherst College

Amherst College

Amherst College is a private liberal arts college located in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Amherst is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 1,744 students in the fall of 2009...

 in 1984. In addition to reporting, she has been employed by Queen Noor of Jordan

Jordan

Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...

 and as Manager of Media Relations for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee

American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee

The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee states that it is the largest Arab American grassroots civil rights organization in the United States. According to its web page it is open to people of all backgrounds, faiths and ethnicities and has over 40 chapters in 24 states and members in all...

. In 2004, Seelye received an honorary doctorate (http://www.amherst.edu/commencement/2004/honorands/seelye.html) from Amherst College and is also a Fulbright Scholar (http://www.cies.org/stories/s_kseelye.htm).

Family

Seelye is a daughter of Talcott W. Seelye (1922–2006), a former U.S. ambassador to Tunisia

Tunisia

Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...

 and Syria

Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....

, and Joan Hazeltine. Seelye is a descendent of former Amherst College

Amherst College

Amherst College is a private liberal arts college located in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Amherst is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 1,744 students in the fall of 2009...

 president Julius H. Seelye.

External links to reportage

• PBS Frontline "Syria: Beyond the Axis of Evil?" (October 24, 2008)
• PBS Frontline Palestinian Territories: "Inside Hamas" (May 9, 2006)
• PBS Frontline Syria: "U.N. Murder Investigation Closes in on Syria" (September 21, 2005)
• PBS Frontline Lebanon: "The Earthquake" (May 17, 2005)
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