Amanda Bennett

Amanda Bennett leads the Voice of America, which provides news in more than 45 languages to 236.7 million people each week on radio, television, mobile and the Internet. Bennett is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, investigative journalist, and editor. She was named VOA Director in 2016. Through 2013, she was Executive Editor, Bloomberg News, where she created and ran a global team of investigative reporters and editors. She was editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer from 2003 to 2006, and prior to that was editor of the Herald-Leader in Lexington, KY. She also served as managing editor/projects for The Oregonian and served as a Wall Street Journal reporter for more than 20 years. A graduate of Harvard College, she was a member of the board of the Pulitzer Prizes, and served on multiple other boards including the Loeb Awards and the American Society of News Editors. She has written 6 Books and co-founded TheDream.US, which provides scholarships for children of undocumented immigrants.

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