Eleanor Beardsley

Eleanor Beardsley is a correspondent based in Paris covering French society, politics, economics, culture and gastronomy for National Public Radio. She has been reporting for NPR from France since 2004.[1][2][3]

Early life

Beardsley was reared in Columbia, South Carolina where her father was a history professor at the University of South Carolina.[4] She learned French from reading the Asterix comic books in French.[4] Commentators including Rod Dreher have remarked on how unusual it is to hear a southern accent like Beardsley's coming from a national broadcaster.[5] Ben Yagoda describes her pronunciation of, "lawl" (for law), as, "redolent of her native South Carolina."[6]

She has a B.A. in French from Furman University.[1]

Career

Beardsley worked on Senator Strom Thurmond's staff early in her career.[7] In 2003 she was a spokesman for the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo.[8][9] Beardsley reported from Kosovo during the Kosovo War.[7] She has covered the Arab Spring in Tunisia and presidential elections in France.[1] She also covered the terrorist attacks in Paris in November 2015.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Eleanor Beardsley". NPR.org. 2 January 2008. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  2. ↑ Hamilton, John Maxwell (2013). Foreign Correspondence. ledge. p. 49. ISBN 1135738769.
  3. ↑ "American Economic Woes Affect European Tourism". Voice of America. 27 October 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Eleanor Beardsley (Interview)" (PDF). Furman (alumni magazine). Spring 2009.
  5. ↑ Rod Dreher (31 January 2015). ""Does NPR Sound Too White?"". The American Conservative. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  6. ↑ Yagoda, Ben (12 March 2014). "That NPR Sound". Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Reporters on the Job". The Christian Science Monitor. 27 Feb 2002. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "Mufti denies connection between Kosovo Islamic Community, Wahhabis". BBC. 4 January 2003.
  9. ↑ Sutton, Andrew (Nov 9, 2002). "The Black Hole of Europe". The Spectator. Retrieved 16 November 2015 – via HighBeam Research. (subscription required (help)).

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