Elizabeth Becker

Elizabeth Becker, an author and journalist, was the Edelman Family Fellow at the Shorenstein Center. Becker has had a long and distinguished journalism career, from her time as a reporter at the Washington Post (1972–80), senior foreign editor at National Public Radio (1992–95), and as a reporter for The New York Times (1995–2005). She has been a war correspondent in Asia, and specializes in foreign affairs and international economics. She is the author of the book, When the War Was Over: Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Revolution, recipient of a Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. Becker graduated from the University of Washington in 1969.