For immediate release
March 26, 1998
NPR's Elizabeth Arnold to Travel Across America to Bring Fresh
Perspective to Political Issues as Mid-Term Elections Draw Near
Washington, D.C. - National Public Radio's veteran national political
correspondent Elizabeth Arnold will be traveling throughout the country
covering this years mid-term elections. With Seattle as her home base,
Arnold will focus not only on congressional and state races, but also on
local issues that have national impact. Arnold recently received the
1997 Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress.
"We think that having Elizabeth Arnold outside of Washington, D.C., will
bring a fresh perspective to our political coverage, and one that is very
relevant to our listeners lives today," said political editor Pam
Fessler. "At the same time, Elizabeth brings with her years of
experience covering issues in the nations capital. We fully expect she
will integrate that knowledge with whats going on politically around the
country to produce insightful reports that cant be found elsewhere."
One of the nation's most respected radio voices, Arnold reported on the
1996 and 1992 presidential campaigns, covering the candidacies of former
Senator Bob Dole and President George Bush. She has been widely praised
for her insightful and vivid reporting on the shift in power when
Republicans took control of Congress following the 1994 mid-term elections.
Arnold has been a Washington Bureau national correspondent since 1991.
Her work for NPR has also extended beyond politics, from coverage of the
U.S.-Canadian salmon wars to a story about zoning an Alaskan glacier.
Arnold is a recipient of the distinguished 1994-95 duPont Columbia Silver
Baton Award, and also won the 1994 Joan Shorenstein Barone Award.
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