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Nina Totenberg  Radio and Television Journalist

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Nina Totenberg

MT&R Seminar: The Women of National Public Radio, 1994

Nina Totenberg remembers her groundbreaking report of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s confirmation hearings, which brought to light Anita Hill’s allegations that Thomas had sexually harassed her.
 
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Career Includes

Reporter, Record American (1965), Peabody Times (1967), National Observer (1968–73), New Times (1973); Legal Affairs Correspondent, National Public Radio (1975– ), The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour (1986–93); Panelist, Inside Washington (1992– ); Legal Affairs Reporter, Nightline (1993–98)
 

Education

Boston University
 

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January 14, 1944
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