Tom Gjelten

Tom Gjelten /ˈdʒɛltən/ is the Religion and Belief 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 at NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C.. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Tom Gjelten
Born (1948-06-14) 14 June 1948
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Minnesota (B.A., Anthropology, 1973)
Antioch University New England (graduate school) [1][2]
Occupationbroadcast journalist, author
Spouse(s)Martha Raddatz
Websitetomgjelten.com

Gjelten and his colleagues at NPR received a Peabody Award in 2004 for "The War in Iraq".

Early life and education

Gjelten is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and began his professional career as a public school teacher at the North Haven Community School, North Haven, Maine, and as a freelance writer.[2]

Family

Gjelten resides in Arlington, Virginia, with his wife, Martha Raddatz, the Chief Global Affairs Correspondent for ABC News.

Works
  • A Nation of Nations: A Great American Immigration Story (Simon & Schuster, 2015), ISBN 9781476743851
  • Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba: The Biography of a Cause (Viking, 2008) ISBN 978-0-670-01978-6
  • Professionalism in War Reporting: A Correspondent's View (Carnegie Corporation, 1998) ASIN B0006FCMB4
  • Sarajevo Daily: A City and Its Newspaper Under Siege (HarperCollins, 1995) ISBN 0-06-092662-7
  • Contributor to Crimes of War: What the Public Should Know (W. W. Norton, 1999. Revised (2.0) 2007) ISBN 0-393-31914-8[3]
gollark: Anyway, you should try Omniquantism, the belief that an ominpotent god can make all religions true simultaneously.
gollark: What?
gollark: IIRC the Old Testament actually contains recordings of commands by god to kill specific groups.
gollark: Not all religions say "be peaceful and not mean to each other", though?
gollark: I mean, if you believe Religion 1 and believe that everyone who believes Religion 2 will go to hell and suffer forever, then you obviously don't want Religion 2 to spread.

References
  1. "About the author: Tom Gjelten" Archived 2012-11-17 at the Wayback Machine, tomgjelten.com
  2. "Profile: Tom Gjelten", NNDB
  3. "Crimes of War – Sanctions". Crimes of War. 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2014.


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