Mike Shuster

Mike Shuster was a diplomatic correspondent and a roving foreign correspondent for National Public Radio in the United States.

Career

Shuster worked for NPR for over 30 years as a reporter. He joined NPR in 1980 as a freelance reporter where he was responsible for covering business and the economy. He has reported from Tehran, Islamabad, Berlin, Moscow, amongst many other places. He was based at NPR West located in Culver City, California. Prior to working for NPR, he was a United Nations correspondent for Pacifica News Service where he covered the election of Robert Mugabe in 1980 in Zimbabwe. In 1970 and 1976 he traveled around Africa working as a freelance foreign affairs reporter.

Honors and awards

Shuster has won a number of awards which include:

• Peabody Award for his team's coverage of September 11th
• Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards for coverage of the Iraq War (2007 and 2004); September 11th and the war in Afghanistan (2003); and the Gulf War (1992)
• Overseas Press Club Lowell Thomas Award in 2003 for "The Middle East: A Century of Conflict"
• First in Documentary Reporting from the National Headliner Awards
• Honorable mention from the Overseas Press Club in 1999
• SAJA Journalism Award in 1998

External links

• Mike Shuster, NPR Biography
• Recent stories by Mike Shuster