Daniel Zwerdling
NPR
Daniel Zwerdling (Washington). Daniel is an investigative reporter at NPR, where he has worked since 1980. For most of his time at NPR, he has covered environmental, health and science issues, and he was based for several years in Kenya, reporting on Third World development matters. His reports on such topics as the Army’s treatment of soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with post-traumatic stress disorder and NASA’s decision to launch the space shuttle Challenger despite warnings that it might explode have won Alfred I. duPont, George Foster Peabody, Edward R. Murrow and Robert F. Kennedy awards. He has taught media ethics as an adjunct faculty member at American University.
Narrated News Literacy Project promotional video.
Walt Whitman High School presentation on March 23, 2010.