David Greene
David Greene is an award-winning journalist, New York Times bestselling author, and Co-Founder of Fearless Media, the co-producer of KCRW’s "Left, Right & Center". Previously, he has been a staple of NPR’s coverage of world events for 16 years. He was the former Host of NPR's Morning Edition, the most listened-to radio news program in the United States, and NPR's popular morning news podcast, Up First. He has also reported from Moscow, Siberia, the Middle East, all over America and from Washington, D.C., as a White House correspondent. Before stints as a political reporter and foreign correspondent for NPR, he reported for the Baltimore Sun. Throughout his career, he has spoken with world leaders, celebrities, and people from all walks of life.
David Greene Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Host of Morning Edition and Up First
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White House Correspondent
Academic History
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B.A., Government, Magna Cum Laude
Greene's voice became familiar to NPR listeners from his years covering former President George W. Bush.
He was also an integral part of NPR's coverage of the historic 2008 election, reporting on Hillary Clinton's campaign from start to finish, and also focusing on how racial attitudes were playing into voters' decisions.
Before Morning Edition, he was NPR's Moscow Bureau Chief, covering the region from Ukraine and the Baltics east to Siberia.
Greene covered the White House for all four years of President George W. Bush's second term, spending hours in NPR's spacious booth in the basement of the West Wing.
The White House Correspondents' Association took special note of his report on a speech by then-candidate Barack Obama addressing the nation's racial divide.
He also spent time trekking across five continents, reporting on White House visits to places like Iraq, Afghanistan, Mongolia, Rwanda, Uruguay, and Crawford, Texas.
He covered the White House during the Bush administration's first term, and wrote about an array of other topics for the paper.
RECOGNITION
2011 Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize, WBUR
2008 Merriman Smith Award, The White House
Edward R. Murrow Award