Eleanor Beardsley

Eleanor Beardsley is a correspondent based in Paris covering French society, politics, economics, culture and gastronomy for National Public Radio. She has been reporting for NPR from France since 2004.[1][2][3]

Early life

Beardsley was raised in Columbia, South Carolina where her father was a history professor at the University of South Carolina.[4] She learned French by reading the Asterix comic books in their original language.[4] Commentators including Rod Dreher have remarked on how unusual it is to hear a southern accent like Beardsley's coming from a national broadcaster.[5] Ben Yagoda describes her pronunciation of, "lawl" (for law), as, "redolent of her native South Carolina."[6]

She has a B.A. in French from Furman University.[1]

Career

Beardsley worked on Senator Strom Thurmond's staff early in her career.[7] In 2003 she was a spokesperson for the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo.[8][9] Beardsley reported from Kosovo during the Kosovo War.[7] She has covered the Arab Spring in Tunisia and presidential elections in France.[1] She also covered the terrorist attacks in Paris in November 2015.[1]

References
  1. "Eleanor Beardsley". NPR.org. 2 January 2008. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  2. Hamilton, John Maxwell (2013). Foreign Correspondence. ledge. p. 49. ISBN 978-1135738761.
  3. "American Economic Woes Affect European Tourism". Voice of America. 27 October 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  4. "Eleanor Beardsley (Interview)" (PDF). Furman (alumni magazine). Spring 2009.
  5. Rod Dreher (31 January 2015). "Does NPR Sound Too White?". The American Conservative. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  6. Yagoda, Ben (12 March 2014). "That NPR Sound". Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  7. "Reporters on the Job". The Christian Science Monitor. 27 Feb 2002. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  8. "Mufti denies connection between Kosovo Islamic Community, Wahhabis". BBC. 4 January 2003.
  9. Sutton, Andrew (Nov 9, 2002). "The Black Hole of Europe". The Spectator. Archived from the original on February 20, 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2015 – via HighBeam Research.


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