Reed Kramer

Reed Kramer chief executive officer and director of AllAfrica "was a founder, president and managing editor of Africa News Service, a non-profit U.S.-based agency producing award-winning news and information for broadcast and print media. Under his direction, Africa News Service was a consistent early adopter of communications technologies, and he created and developed Africa News Online - the first as well as the largest Africa-related information source on the Internet. He has reported regularly for the Washington Post, National Public Radio and the BBC and has served as a news consultant and guest for CNN, the "Today" show, Court TV and the NewsHour on public television. His economic and political reporting has appeared widely in major North American and international publications. He is a graduate of Duke University and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations."