Nina Totenberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Nina Totenberg

American journalist

Date of Birth: 14-Jan-1944

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Profession: journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Nina Totenberg

  • Nina Totenberg (born January 14, 1944) is an American legal affairs correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR) focusing primarily on the activities and politics of the Supreme Court of the United States.
  • Her reports air regularly on NPR's newsmagazines All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and Weekend Edition.
  • From 1992 to 2013, she was also a panelist on the syndicated TV political commentary show Inside Washington. Newsweek magazine called her "the creme de la creme" of NPR, and Vanity Fair refers to her as "Queen of the Leaks".
  • She has won many broadcast journalism awards for both her explanatory pieces and her scoops. Among her scoops was her groundbreaking report of sexual harassment allegations made against Clarence Thomas by University of Oklahoma law professor Anita Hill, leading the Senate Judiciary Committee to re-open Thomas's Supreme Court confirmation hearings.
  • Previously, in 1986, she broke the story that Supreme Court nominee Douglas H.
  • Ginsburg had smoked marijuana, leading Ginsburg to withdraw his name.
  • And in 1977, she reported on secret Supreme Court deliberations relating to the Watergate scandal.

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