David Greene (born April 9, 1976)[1] is an American journalist who worked for the
radio broadcasting company
NPR, and was one of the co-hosts of Morning Edition[2][3] until his retirement in December 2020. On July 29, 2022, he became the host of Left, Right & Center.[4]
After graduating from
Harvard University (where he was an editor of the Harvard Crimson) with a degree in government in 1998, Greene became a reporter for The Baltimore Sun. Among other assignments, including an early stint in local reporting, he covered the White House for
George W. Bush's first term.
In 2005, Greene joined NPR and continued to cover the Bush White House. From 2010 to 2012, he was a foreign correspondent for NPR based in
Moscow, and in 2012 joined Morning Edition.[2][8] His reporting from Moscow, including a return in 2013 to travel the
Trans-Siberian Railway, led to his first book, Midnight in Siberia, in 2014.[9][10]
In 2011, Greene received the
Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize for his work in Tripoli during the
Arab Spring.[11]
Greene announced his retirement from NPR in October 2020, with his last Morning Edition broadcast being on December 29, 2020.[12]
Personal life
Greene's mother was an associate professor of psychology at
Franklin & Marshall College in
Lancaster, Pennsylvania for 17 years, and died in 2006. David Greene received an honorary doctorate from the college in 2008, where he spoke at the college's commencement and celebrated his mother's life and career.[6][13]
Greene is married to Rose Previte, who grew up in
Ada, Ohio. They married in 2007.[11][14][15] In 2014, she opened the "Compass Rose" restaurant in
Washington, D.C., where they live.[16][17]