Ian Masters (journalist)
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Ian Masters is an Australian-born American broadcast journalist, commentator, author, screenwriter and documentary filmmaker.[1][2]
Masters hosted the KPFK, Pacifica Radio program Background Briefing which deals with American politics, foreign policy as well as domestic American security issues. Masters has hosted a once weekly episode of Background Briefing since 1980; in 2009, the program was expanded to five days per week. It is broadcast on more than forty radio stations across the US, and is also available as a podcast.
Masters resigned from his position hosting "Background Briefing" at KPFK and now produces the show at his home in Santa Monica as an online podcast. His shows are no longer aired on FM radio station KPFK.
Masters was formerly a Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Affairs based at UCLA, and a Senior Fellow at the Center for International Relations at UCLA. He also served as a consultant to the Center for National Security Studies at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
He hosted the 2005 PEN Center USA Awards from Los Angeles, California, which has in the past honored those such as Gore Vidal, Ursula K. Le Guin, Charlie Kaufman, and Robert Alter. On September 18, 2007, Masters moderated a discussion billed as "The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy" with John J. Mearscheimer and Stephen M. Walt. The event was part of the Hammer Forum held at UCLA's Hammer Museum. On September 25, 2007, Masters moderated a panel discussion on "Foreign Policy after the Bush Administration". The event was also held at UCLA's Hammer Museum. Panelists included John Brady Kiesling, John B. Judis, Christopher O'Sullivan and Steven Clemons.
Personal life[]
Masters is married to British American actress Christina Pickles.[3]
References[]
- ^ Carroll, Rory (10 September 2015). "'This is the end': leftwing Pacifica Radio affiliates enter protracted death spiral". The Guardian.
- ^ Mitchell, Sean (May 13, 2007). "A quarter-century of levelheaded talk". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Closer Staff (August 29, 2015). "'Friends' Star Christina Pickles Invites Closer Into Her Cozy LA Home". Closer.
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