Beth Knobel

Beth Knobel is an Associate Professor of Communication & Media Studies at Fordham University in New York, where she teaches multimedia journalism. From 1999 to 2006, she was the Moscow Bureau Chief for CBS News, where covered breaking news and features throughout the former Soviet Union, Europe, and Central Asia. She received an Emmy award for coverage of the 2002 terrorist act at a Moscow theater, and Edward R. Murrow and Sigma Delta Chi awards for coverage of the 2004 Beslan school siege. She still works as a freelance producer and reporter for CBS News and as one of its experts on Russia. Dr. Knobel spent 14 years total living in Moscow, where she worked for The Los Angeles Times, the television news agency Worldwide Television News, and the production company Feature Story before joining CBS News. Earlier in her career, she worked for The New York Times and Ladies‘ Home Journal magazine. Dr. Knobel received masters and doctoral degrees in public policy from Harvard University, and her bachelors in political science from Barnard College, Columbia University. She currently serves as an Alumni Trustee of the Columbia Daily Spectator, where she began her career in daily journalism and as a Governor of the Overseas Press Club of America.