A Question of Paternity: Life as an Unaffiliated Reporter

About David Tereshchuk

David Tereshchuk (b. 1948) is a journalist working mainly in the broadcast media but also for magazines and newspapers (The Guardian New York Times New Statesman). He spent two decades with British commercial television reporting producing and making documentaries before moving to the US where he worked for ABC CBS CNN Discovery A&E and The History Channel. His earliest work included coverage of sectarian violence in Northern Ireland and then extended into international issues especially in the Third World. Since 2012 he has been a producer and correspondent for PBS concentrating on ethical issues. He broadcasts a weekly public radio dispatch of media criticism The Media Beat and writes an online column with the same name at www.themediabeat.us. He has also advised global corporations governments non-profits and international organizations on their media and communications policies. A graduate of Oxford University he has been a US citizen since 2002 and lives in New York City and Ireland. He has been honored by Britain's Royal Television Society with its Social Documentary Award and by the British Association for the Advancement of Science with its Television Award.