Tom Gjelten
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Tom Gjelten is a correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR) news. Gjelten has worked for NPR since 1982, when he joined the organization as a labor and education reporter. More recently he has covered diplomatic and national security issues, based out of NPR's Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

, headquarters.

Gjelten and his colleagues at NPR received a Peabody Award
Peabody Award
The George Foster Peabody Awards recognize distinguished and meritorious public service by radio and television stations, networks, producing organizations and individuals. In 1939, the National Association of Broadcasters formed a committee to recognize outstanding achievement in radio broadcasting...

 in 2004 for "The War in Iraq".

Family

Gjelten resides in Arlington, Virginia, with his wife, ABC News
ABC News
ABC News is the news gathering and broadcasting division of American broadcast television network ABC, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company...

 Chief Foreign Correspondent Martha Raddatz
Martha Raddatz
Martha Raddatz is an American reporter with ABC News . She currently serves as the network's Chief Foreign Correspondent. She reports for ABC's World News with Diane Sawyer, Nightline, and other network broadcasts. In addition to her work for ABC News, Raddatz has written for The New Republic and...

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Books by Gjelten

  • Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba: The Biography of a Cause (Viking) ISBN 9780670019786
  • Sarajevo Daily: A City and Its Newspaper Under Siege (HarperCollins) ISBN 0060926627
  • Professionalism in War Reporting: A Correspondent's View (Carnegie Corporation)
  • Co-Author of Crimes of War: What the Public Should Know (W. W. Norton) ISBN 0393319148

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