Deborah Kalb and Marvin Kalb, authors of Haunting Legacy: Vietnam and the American Presidency from Ford to Obama from Brookings Institution Press. Photo by Nancy Edson.
"While there are other father-daughter ... writing teams, the Kalbs seemed destined for such an effort." -- Emily Wax, The Washington Post
The father-daughter journalist team of Marvin Kalb and Deborah Kalb wrote Haunting Legacy together over more than five years of research and investigation.
Marvin Kalb is an American journalist. Kalb was the Shorenstein Center's Founding Director and Edward R. Murrow Professor of Press and Public Policy (1987–1999). The Shorenstein Center and the Kennedy School are part of Harvard University. He has been a James Clark Welling Fellow at The George Washington University and a member of Atlantic Community Advisory Board.
Kalb spent 30 years as an award-winning reporter for CBS News and NBC News. Kalb was the last newsman recruited by Edward R. Murrow to join CBS News, becoming part of the later generation of the "Murrow's Boys." His work at CBS landed him on Richard Nixon's "enemies list". At NBC, he served as chief Diplomatic Correspondent and host of Meet the Press. During many years of Kalb's tenures at CBS and NBC, his brother Bernard worked alongside him.
Kalb has authored or coauthored nine nonfiction books (Eastern Exposure, Dragon in the Kremlin, The Volga, Roots of Involvement, Kissinger, Campaign ’88, The Nixon Memo, and One Scandalous Story) and two best-selling novels (In the National Interest and The Last Ambassador).
Marvin & Deborah Kalb at a book signing in Washington, DCHe hosts The Kalb Report, a monthly discussion of media ethics and responsibility at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. sponsored by the Shorenstein Center and George Washington University. He is a news analyst for Fox News, and a contributor to National Public Radio and America Abroad.
Visit Marvin Kalb's Wikipedia page.
Deborah Kalb is a freelance writer and editor. She spent about two decades working as a journalist in Washington, D.C., for news organizations including Gannett News Service, Congressional Quarterly, U.S. News & World Report, and The Hill, mostly covering Congress and politics. She is the co-author or co-editor of two books published by CQ Press (The Presidents, First Ladies, and Vice Presidents; and State of the Union: Presidential Rhetoric from Woodrow Wilson to George W. Bush).
Visit Deborah Kalb's blog.
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