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Ralph J. Begleiter
Distinguished Journalist in
Residence
Rosenberg Professor of Communication
Ralph Begleiter brings more than 30 years of broadcast journalism experience to the University of Delaware, where he teaches communication, journalism, and political science. During two decades as CNN’s “world affairs correspondent,” Begleiter was the network’s most widely-traveled reporter. He has visited some 95 countries on 6 continents. He continues to travel with UD students, and conducting media workshops in several countries under the auspices of the U.S. Department of State. Begleiter teaches undergraduate courses in “Broadcast News,” “History of TV News Documentary,” “Broadcast News Documentary,” “Global Media & International Politics,” and special courses such as a study abroad program in Antarctica and South America in photojournalism and geopolitics (2003, 2005) and “Road to the Presidency” during election years. He also directs the university’s “Global Agenda” public speaker program, and in 2006, his “Global Agenda” class met weekly by videoconference with students in Beirut, Lebanon to discuss cross-cultural and media issues. In 2002 he took UD students to Cuba for the 40th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
At CNN during the 1980’s and 1990’s, he covered U.S. diplomacy, interviewed countless world leaders, hosted a global public affairs show, and co-anchored CNN’s “International Hour.” In 1998, Begleiter wrote and anchored a 24-part series on the Cold War. He covered many historic events at the end of the 20th century, including virtually every high-level Soviet/Russian-American meeting; the Persian Gulf Crisis in 1990-91; the Dayton Bosnia Accords; Middle East Peace efforts; and many UN and NATO summit meetings. Since coming to UD, he has hosted the Foreign Policy Association’s annual “Great Decisions” television discussion series, an international affairs program aired on Public Broadcasting System stations. He has received numerous press awards including, in 1994, the Weintal Prize from Georgetown University’s Graduate School of Foreign Service, one of diplomatic reporting’s highest honors.
He holds an Honors B.A. in political science from Brown University, an M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University, and is a member of the National Honor Society, Phi Beta Kappa.
Postal address
Communication Department
University of Delaware
250 Pearson Hall
Newark, DE 19716
Email address
ralph.begleiter@udel.edu
Office phone
302-831-2687
Department office phone
302-831-8041
Department Fax
302-831-1892
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Professional Biography
COMM418: Crisis News
POSC/COMM/ENGL 340: Media and Politics
POSC/ENGL/COMM 467/667: Road to the Presidency
COMM 425: Raiding the Lost Ark: The Golden Age of TV News Documentary POSC/COMM
444: Global Agenda
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