LindaGradstein

LindaGradstein

Linda Gradstein is the Israel bureau chief for The Media Line news agency. Gradstein was the Israel correspondent for NPR News from 1990 until 2009. As a freelance reporter she has reported for PRI's The World and AOL News and other venues such as Slate. Gradstein is a member of the team that received the Overseas Press Club award for her coverage of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and the team that received Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism for her coverage of the Persian Gulf War. Linda spent 1998-9 as a Knight Journalist Fellow at Stanford University. Gradstein has covered important events in Israel and the West Bank and Gaza Strip including the intifada, the mass immigration of Soviet immigrants to Israel, the return of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to Gaza, the rise of Hamas, the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, the Persian Gulf war, and two elections in Israel. Gradstein earned a bachelor's degree in Foreign Service from Georgetown University in 1985 and a master's degree in Arab Studies. She spent a year as a Rotary Fellow at the American University in Cairo. She speaks both Hebrew and Arabic.

Articles by LindaGradstein:

Palestinian state’s recognition by 3 European countries sparks anger, joy

Posted on: 29 May 2024

Gershon Baskin shares his opinions regarding Norway, Ireland and Spain formally recognizing the state of Palestine A-amid the ongoing Gaza war and why Palestinians welcomed the move, while Israel sharply condemned it.

Close Election Tuesday in Israel as Candidates Campaign to Unseat Netanyahu

Posted on: 07 Apr 2019

Gershon Baskin shares his perspectives on the election between hardline Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and centrist former chief of staff Benny Gantz.