Staff Bio

Yoshiki Hidaka

Hidaka’s career in broadcast journalism has spanned more than thirty years. As a correspondent for Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK), he spent more than 20 years in the United States and has interviewed many leading figures in government and business, including presidents, cabinet secretaries, and members of Congress.

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Elie Abel

Elie Abel received a Bachelor of Arts degree from McGill University in 1941 and a Master of Science in journalism degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1942. He worked as a reporter for the Windsor Star in Windsor, Ontario, for a year, then served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during

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Thomas E. Patterson

Thomas E. Patterson was the Visiting Lombard Professor at HKS in the Fall of 1991, while on leave from his position as Professor of Political Science at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship. (For Professor Patterson’s current bio as Bradlee Professor at the Kennedy School, click here.)

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Ann Crigler

Ann Crigler’s research examines how people understand and learn about politics from the news media. She has co-authored several publications on this subject including three books entitled Common Knowledge: News and the Construction of Political Meaning with W.R. Neuman and M. Just (University of Chicago Press, 1992); an edited volume, The Psychology of Political Communication

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William Wheatley

William Wheatley is a retired executive vice president for NBC News, responsible for domestic and international news gathering, hard-news programming, relationships with international broadcasters and news agencies and print partnerships. In addition, he was also involved in matters of standards and practices, and co-authored NBC News Policies and Guidelines.

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Betty Winfield

Betty Winfield is a specialist in political communication and mass media history. Winfield received the 24th annual Covert Award in Mass Communication History along with Janice Hume, BJ ’81, MA ’95, PhD ’97, for their article, “The Continuous Past: Historical Referents in Nineteenth-Century American Journalism,” which was published in Journalism & Communication Monographs in 2007.

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Henry Raymont

Henry Raymont currently is chairman of the People-to-People Task Force of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington. He spent many years as correspondent for the New York Times and United Press in Latin America.

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Michael Russo

Michael Russo graduated Class of 1963 from Seton Hall Prep and earned his BA in Communications and Master of Divinity from Seton Hall University and Seminary. His ordination was in May of 1971.He was Chair of Religious Studies at Seton Hall Prep. He earned his Ph.D. in American Social and Political History from NYU and

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