Amanda Bennett to Serve as Director of the Voice of America

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Amanda Bennett was sworn in as the 29th Director of the Voice of America (VOA). Bennett has had a distinguished career in journalism. Most recently, she has been a contributing columnist for The Washington Post. She served as executive editor for Bloomberg News, where she created and ran a global team of investigative reporters and editors, and also co-founded the Bloomberg News’ Women’s Project. Bennett was editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Lexington Herald-Leader. She also served as managing editor/projects for The Oregonian in Portland (OR).

Bennett was a longtime reporter, correspondent and editor for the Wall Street Journal. In 1997, she shared the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting with her Wall Street Journal colleagues, and in 2001 led a team from The Oregonian to a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. She was a member of Pulitzer Prize Board from 2003 to 2010 and served as the Board’s co-chair in 2010. She has also served on the boards of The Gerald Loeb Awards, the American Society of News Editors and the Fund for Investigative Journalism. A graduate of Harvard College, Bennett is the author of six books, including "The Cost of Hope," her memoir of the battle she and Terence Foley, her late husband, fought against his kidney cancer. She is co-founder of TheDream.US, which provides college scholarships to the children of undocumented immigrants in the United States.