Mike Shuster
Mike Shuster was a diplomatic correspondent and a roving foreign correspondent for National Public Radio in the United States.
Career
Shuster worked for NPR for over 30 years as a reporter. He joined NPR in 1980 as a freelance reporter where he was responsible for covering business and the economy.[1] He has reported from Tehran, Islamabad, Berlin, Moscow, amongst many other places.[2] He was based at NPR West located in Culver City, California. Prior to working for NPR, he was a United Nations correspondent for Pacifica News Service where he covered the election of Robert Mugabe in 1980 in Zimbabwe. In 1970 and 1976 he traveled around Africa working as a freelance foreign affairs reporter.[1]
Honors and awards
Shuster has won a number of awards which include:
- Peabody Award for his team's coverage of September 11th
- Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards for coverage of the Iraq War (2007 and 2004); September 11th and the war in Afghanistan (2003); and the Gulf War (1992)
- Overseas Press Club Lowell Thomas Award in 2003 for "The Middle East: A Century of Conflict"
- First in Documentary Reporting from the National Headliner Awards
- Honorable mention from the Overseas Press Club in 1999
- SAJA Journalism Award in 1998[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Mike Shuster | WKAR". Public Media from Michigan State University. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
- ↑ "An Eyewitness To History: NPR's Mike Shuster Moves On". National Public Radio. Retrieved 25 September 2013.