Myron Belkind is an American journalist, business executive and former president of the National Press Club. Early life and education Belkind graduated with a B.A. from Ohio State University in 1961 and subsequently obtained an M.S. from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism in 1962. Career Belkind has served in various positions throughout his international four-decade career as a journalist. From 1962 to 2004, he worked with the Associated Press (AP), where he first started as Editor for the New York National Desk and subsequently served as Pulitzer Traveling Fellow in Southeast Asia. In the following decades he served as foreign correspondent around the world and, as bureau chief, led offices in Kuala Lumpur, New Delhi, London and Tokyo. Since 2005, Belkind has served as faculty member of the George Washington University, where he is currently a lecturer at the Columbian College of Arts and Science's School of Media & Public Affairs and an adjunct professor at the Graduate School of Political Management, where he teaches journalism writing and reporting. Memberships and affiliations Since 2005, Belkind has served in different positions at the National Press Club, eventually becoming the club's 107th president in 2014. Belkind has also served as President of the Foreign Correspondent Clubs in Japan, New Delhi and London. In 2015, Belkind received an award for achievement by the World Affairs Council of DC. Personal life Belkind is married to Rachel. The couple is based in Washington, D.C.<ref name":1" /><ref name":2" />
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