Marvin Kalb
Marvin L. Kalb | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 9, 1930 |
| Education | City College of New York, Harvard University[1] |
| Occupation(s) | News analyst, author, Senior fellow of the Shorenstein Center, Moderator of The Kalb Report |
| Notable credit(s) | moderator of Meet the Press, founding director, Shorenstein Center |
| Relatives | brother Bernard Kalb |
Marvin L. Kalb (born June 9, 1930) is an American journalist. Kalb was the Shorenstein Center's Founding Director and Edward R. Murrow Professor of Press and Public Policy (1987–1999). The Shorenstein Center and the Kennedy School are part of Harvard University. He is currently a James Clark Welling Fellow at The George Washington University.
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's 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 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.[2] He is a news analyst for Fox News, and a contributor to National Public Radio and America Abroad.
Partial bibliography
- Dragon in the Kremlin: A Report on the Russian-Chinese Alliance (1961)
- In the National Interest (1977, ISBN 0671226568)
- Kissinger (ISBN 1125577843)
- The Last Ambassador (1981, ISBN 0316482226)
- The Media and the War on Terrorism (2003, ISBN 0815735812)[3]
- The Nixon Memo: Political Respectability, Russia, and the Press (1994, ISBN 0226422992)
- One Scandalous Story: Clinton, Lewinsky, and Thirteen Days That Tarnished American Journalism (2001, ISBN 0684859394)
- Roots of Involvement: the U.S. in Asia, 1784–1971 (1971, ISBN 0393054403)
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.
References
- ^ About Marvin Kalb at The Kalb Report from the George Washington University website
- ^ The Kalb Report at The Kalb Report from the George Washington University website
- ^ The Media and the War on Terrorism from the Brookings Institution Press
External links
- Marvin Kalb's Profile at Harvard University from the John F. Kennedy School of Government website
- About Marvin Kalb at The Kalb Report from the George Washington University website