- Vince Beiser
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birthplace =New York City ,United States
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website = http://www.vincebeiser.com/Vince L. Beiser (
July 13 ,1965 ) is an American-Canadian journalist . He graduated with highest honors (Summa cum Laude) from theUniversity of California at Berkeley with a degree in Middle Eastern Studies.He is the former senior editor of
Mother Jones cite web |title=Bio of journalist Vince Beiser|url=http://www.motherjones.com/radio/2005/09/beiser_bio.html] , was a special projects reporter forThe Oakland Tribune , and a senior writer forThe Jerusalem Report , Israel's leading news magazine. For publications such asHarper's , Wired, TheLos Angeles Times Magazine,The Village Voice ,The New Republic ,The Nation , andRolling Stone he has reported from as far away as the Balkans and the Middle East. He is an online contributor toThe Huffington Post cite web |title=The Huffington Post: Vince Beiser|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/vince-beiser] .As a
Los Angeles -based freelance journalist specializing in criminal justice and other social issues, Beiser's work has been honored byInvestigative Reporters and Editors , the Columbia, Medill and Missouri Graduate Schools of Journalism, theNational Mental Health Association , theAssociation of Alternative Newsweeklies and other institutions.For his frequent reporting on capital punishment/death-row issues, Beiser is a regular guest on the BBC, NPR and other radio talk shows.
Beiser lives in
Los Angeles ,California , with his wife and daughter. He is the son ofOrder of Canada recipientMorton Beiser and Canadian socialite Roberta Lando Beiser and is the brother ofX-Files actorBrendan Beiser .References
External links
* [http://www.vincebeiser.com/ www.vincebeiser.com]
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