Roberta Baskin

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Roberta Baskin
Born
Atlanta, Georgia
Education High School of Performing Arts, Elmira College, Harvard University
Occupation(s)Investigative journalist, Nonprofit director
Notable credit(s) NOW with Bill Moyers
20/20
48 Hours
Parent(s)Alan Baskin and Suzanne Pallister [1]

Roberta Baskin is an award-winning investgative journalist and nonprofit director. She co-founded and served as Executive Director of the AIM2Flourish global learning initiative, hosted at Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Baskin currently serves on the Board of Directors of several non-profit organizations.

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Early life and education

Baskin grew up in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. She attended New York's High School of Performing Arts, graduating in 1969. [2] She attended Elmira College [1] and later was honored Baskin with a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University

Career

Baskin began her career as an investigative reporter in Chicago. [3] She was senior investigative producer for the ABC newsmagazine 20/20 , chief investigative correspondent for the CBS newsmagazine 48 Hours , [3] and contributed special reports to the CBS Evening News. Baskin was the senior Washington correspondent for NOW with Bill Moyers and later became Director of the Investigative Team at WJLA-TV [4] in Washington, D.C. until early 2009.

She also served as Executive Director for the Center for Public Integrity, [5] and as the Director of Media Communications for the Office of the Inspector General at the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

Baskin remains active in journalism organizations and has been a guest lecturer internationally. She served on the board of directors of the Fund for Investigative Journalism for thirteen years, was elected to a term on the Board of Directors for Investigative Reporters and Editors , and has served on the Nieman Fellows Selection Committee and the Executive Committee of the Nieman Foundation's Advisory Board, [6] Baskin currently serves on the boards of several non-profits: Global Warming Mitigation Project , Climate Democracy Initiative , FoolProof Foundation , The Peace Studio , O Street Museum Foundation , National Food Museum

Baskin has won more than 75 journalism prizes, [3] including three duPont-Columbia University Awards, [7] two George Foster Peabody Awards, the Investigative Reporters and Editors Award, the Radio-Television News Directors Edward R. Murrow Award, the Joe A. Callaway Award for Civic Courage, and numerous Emmy Awards, including the Ted Yates Emmy Award for Outstanding Service to the Community. In addition, Baskin received an Ethics Fellowship at the Poynter Institute.

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References

  1. 1 2 Brennan, Patricia. "'THIS IS ROBERTA BASKIN_I THINK YOU ARE MY FATHER,'" The Washington Post (May 10, 1987).
  2. ↑ "Notable Alumni," Alumni & Friends of LaGuardia High School website. Accessed Oct. 31, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 CBSNews.com staff. "Roberta Baskin," CBSNews.com (June 9, 1998).
  4. ↑ Maynard, John. "Roberta Baskin Returns to WJLA To Head I-Team," The Washington Post (March 13, 2007).
  5. ↑ "Roberta Baskin Joins HHS as Adviser". The Washington Post . August 3, 2009. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Roberta Baskin Archives". Nieman Reports. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
  7. ↑ "Program Descriptions of 2009 duPont-Columbia Awards Winners - the Journalism School Columbia University". Archived from the original on 2009-01-14. Retrieved 2009-01-14.
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