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'''Walter Isaacson''' (born May 20, 1952) is a [[writer]] and [[biographer]]. He is the President and CEO of the [[Aspen Institute]], a nonpartisan educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C. He has been the Chairman and CEO of [[CNN]] and the Managing Editor of ''[[Time magazine|TIME]]''. He was appointed by President Obama to be the Chairman of the [[Broadcasting Board of Governors]], which runs [[Voice of America]], [[Radio Free Europe]], and the other international broadcasts of the U.S. government.<ref> [http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/president-obama-announces-more-key-administration-posts-111809 President Obama announces new appointments]</ref> | '''Walter Isaacson''' (born May 20, 1952) is a [[writer]] and [[biographer]]. He is the President and CEO of the [[Aspen Institute]], a nonpartisan educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C. He has been the Chairman and CEO of [[CNN]] and the Managing Editor of ''[[Time magazine|TIME]]''. He was appointed by President Obama to be the Chairman of the [[Broadcasting Board of Governors]], which runs [[Voice of America]], [[Radio Free Europe]], and the other international broadcasts of the U.S. government.<ref> [http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/president-obama-announces-more-key-administration-posts-111809 President Obama announces new appointments]</ref> | ||
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| + | Originally of New Orleans, Isaacson was educated at Harvard and studied as a Rhodes scholar at Pembroke College, Oxford. His first journalistic role was with Britains's ''Sunday Times''. | ||
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| + | Isaacson joined TIME magazine in 1978, where he would remain for twenty-three years as political correspondent, national editor, and new media editor, being appointed editor of TIME in 1996. In 2001 he was appointed CEO and chairman of [[CNN]], acquired by Time Warner group in 1996.<ref>{{cite web | ||
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Revision as of 16:31, 22 February 2011
Walter Isaacson (born May 20, 1952) is a writer and biographer. He is the President and CEO of the Aspen Institute, a nonpartisan educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C. He has been the Chairman and CEO of CNN and the Managing Editor of TIME. He was appointed by President Obama to be the Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, which runs Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, and the other international broadcasts of the U.S. government.[1]
Originally of New Orleans, Isaacson was educated at Harvard and studied as a Rhodes scholar at Pembroke College, Oxford. His first journalistic role was with Britains's Sunday Times.
Isaacson joined TIME magazine in 1978, where he would remain for twenty-three years as political correspondent, national editor, and new media editor, being appointed editor of TIME in 1996. In 2001 he was appointed CEO and chairman of CNN, acquired by Time Warner group in 1996.[2]
Notes
- ↑ President Obama announces new appointments
- ↑ About Walter Isaacson. The Aspen Institute.
