National Public Radio President Kevin Klose speaks to a group of supporters at Public Broadcasting Atlanta studios. He talks about NPR's achievements and goals, and also describes some of its challenges, like harnessing new technology in broadcasting, podcasting, and the Web. He also discusses the state of the media today and NPR's commitment to serious, fact-based journalism. **Kevin Klose** is a former editor, and national and foreign correspondent with *The Washington Post*. He also served as director of US international broadcasting, overseeing the United States' global radio and television news services from 1997-98.
A former editor, and national and foreign correspondent with *The Washington Post*, Klose is an award-winning author and international broadcasting executive. Prior to joining NPR in December 1998, Klose served successively as director of US International Broadcasting, overseeing the US Government's global radio and television news services (1997-98); and president of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), broadcasting to Central Europe and the former Soviet Union (1994-97). Klose first joined RFE/RL in 1992 as director of Radio Liberty, broadcasting to the former Soviet Union in its national languages. Klose received a BA, cum laude, at Harvard. A former Woodrow Wilson National Fellow, he serves on the board of Independent Sector in Washington, DC. He is the author of *Russia and the Russians: Inside the Closed Society*, winner of the Overseas Press Club's Cornelius Ryan Award; and co-author of four other books.