Please join KQED and fellow KQED members for Coffee and Conversation with Ron Elving, Senior Editor and Correspondent, Washington Desk at NPR, following his 9:00am appearance on KQED's Forum on Thursday, May 16. Marisa Lagos, California Politics & Government Desk reporter for KQED will lead the discussion with Mr. Elving. Doors will open at 9:30am and the event will begin at 10am.
Ron Elving is Senior Editor and Correspondent on the Washington Desk for NPR News, where he is frequently heard as a news analyst and writes regularly for NPR.org.
During his tenure as manager of NPR's Washington desk from 1999 to 2014, the desk's reporters were awarded every major recognition available in radio journalism, including the Dirksen Award for Congressional Reporting and the Edward R. Murrow Award from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. In 2008, the American Political Science Association awarded NPR the Carey McWilliams Award "in recognition of a major contribution to the understanding of political science."
Ron came to Washington in 1984 as a Congressional Fellow with the American Political Science Association and worked for two years as a staff member in the House and Senate. Previously, he had been state capital bureau chief for The Milwaukee Journal.
He received his bachelor's degree from Stanford University and master's degrees from the University of Chicago and the University of California – Berkeley.
Please join KQED and fellow KQED members for Coffee and Conversation with Ron Elving, Senior Editor and Correspondent, Washington Desk at NPR, following his 9:00am appearance on KQED's Forum on Thursday, May 16. Marisa Lagos, California Politics & Government Desk reporter for KQED will lead the discussion with Mr. Elving. Doors will open at 9:30am and the event will begin at 10am.
Ron Elving is Senior Editor and Correspondent on the Washington Desk for NPR News, where he is frequently heard as a news analyst and writes regularly for NPR.org.
During his tenure as manager of NPR's Washington desk from 1999 to 2014, the desk's reporters were awarded every major recognition available in radio journalism, including the Dirksen Award for Congressional Reporting and the Edward R. Murrow Award from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. In 2008, the American Political Science Association awarded NPR the Carey McWilliams Award "in recognition of a major contribution to the understanding of political science."
Ron came to Washington in 1984 as a Congressional Fellow with the American Political Science Association and worked for two years as a staff member in the House and Senate. Previously, he had been state capital bureau chief for The Milwaukee Journal.
He received his bachelor's degree from Stanford University and master's degrees from the University of Chicago and the University of California – Berkeley.
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