Tom Gjelten


Tom Gjelten is an American broadcast journalist and author. He is the Religion and Belief Correspondent for National Public Radio news. Gjelten has worked for NPR since 1982, when he joined the organization as a labor and education reporter. More recently he has covered diplomatic and national security issues, based at NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Gjelten and his colleagues at NPR received a Peabody Award in 2004 for "The War in Iraq".

Early life and education

Gjelten is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and began his professional career as a public school teacher at the North Haven Community School, North Haven, Maine, and as a freelance writer.

Family

Gjelten resides in Arlington, Virginia, with his wife, Martha Raddatz, the Chief Global Affairs Correspondent for ABC [News (United States)|ABC News].

Works

A Nation of Nations: A Great American Immigration Story, Professionalism in War Reporting: A Correspondent's View ASIN B0006FCMB4Sarajevo Daily: A City and Its Newspaper Under Siege