Tamara Dawnell Keith
Keith in 2020
Born (1979-09-25) September 25, 1979 (age 44)
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley (BA, MS)
OccupationJournalist
SpouseIra Gordon

Tamara Dawnell Keith (/ˈtæmərə/; born September 25, 1979[1]) is an American journalist. She is the White House correspondent for NPR and co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast with Scott Detrow.[2] She regularly appears on the PBS NewsHour weekly segment "Politics Monday". Keith is on the board of the White House Correspondents' Association, of which she is also the president.[3]

Early life

Tamara Keith was born on September 25, 1979.[1] Keith's family moved to Hanford, California, when she was eight years old. She started in radio as a "teen essayist" for NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday.[4] She graduated from high school early, received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the University of California, Berkeley in three years, and enrolled at the Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism at age 19.[5] Keith has a graduate degree in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley.[4]

Career

Keith has worked for KQED,[4] WOSU-FM,[4] and KPCC.[4] She covered the 2010 Haiti earthquake[4] and hosted B-side Radio, a 72-episode public radio podcast, from 2001 until 2010.[6]

In 2007, Keith received first-place in the category "Outstanding Story, Radio" for "Overcrowded Prisons' Wastewater Poses Environmental Hazard (Mule Creek Prison)" on The California Report from the Society of Environmental Journalists in the sixth annual contest.[7]

In 2009, Keith joined NPR as a business reporter.[4] Keith is also the president of the White House Correspondents' Association, succeeding Steven Portnoy.[3]

Personal life

Keith's husband, Ira Gordon, is a cancer researcher and veterinarian.[4] Keith was raised Methodist[8] and is a convert to Judaism, the religion of her husband.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Tamara Dawnell Keith, Born 09/25/1979 in California". californiabirthindex.org. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  2. ^ "NPR Politics Podcast". npr.org. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  3. ^ a b Farhi, Paul (July 8, 2023). "Simon Ateba, the reporter making himself the story at the White House". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h "Tamara Keith". NPR.org. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  5. ^ St. John, Kelly (July 20, 2003). "15 Under 30 / These Bay Area 20-somethings are movin' and shakin'". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
  6. ^ "B-Side Radio". bsideradio.org. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  7. ^ "Winners: SEJ 6th Annual Awards for Reporting on the Environment". Jenkintown, PA: Society of Environmental Journalists. 2007. Archived from the original on May 24, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  8. ^ a b Keith, Tamara (December 10, 2007). "A Recipe for Latke Failure". NPR. When I was converting to Judaism, my rabbi strongly recommended that I buy some cookbooks. It seems part of learning to be Jewish was learning to cook Jewish foods. Growing up Methodist in a small town, my first introduction to latkes was in college after I met my boyfriend, Ira

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