Marvin Kalb
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Marvin Kalb (born June 9, 1930) is an American journalist.
Marvin Kalb is a Senior Fellow at the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy and Faculty Chair for the John F. Kennedy School of Government's Washington programs. 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.
Kalb spent 30 years as an award-winning reporter for CBS and NBC News. Kalb was the last newsman recruited by Murrow to join CBS News, becoming part of the later generation of the "Murrow's Boys." His work at CBS landed him on the Nixon administration's "enemies list" (master list of Nixon political opponents). 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 monthly Kalb Report, a discussion of media ethics and responsibility at the National Press Club in Washington, DC sponsored by the Shorenstein Center and George Washington University. He is a regular contributor to Fox News, National Public Radio and America Abroad.
