If you’ve listened to NPR in the past twenty years, you’ve likely heard the voice of Deborah Amos. Deb serves as an international correspondent for NPR for over 20 years where she’s mostly covered conflict in the Middle East. Throughout her tenure she’s reported on global conflict from the Gulf War to Syrian Civil War and geopolitics across Eurasia and Northern Africa. 

Deb is the recipient of the Edward Weintal Prize for Diplomatic Reporting from Georgetown University and the Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award by Washington State University. She is currently based in Berlin, where she is focusing her reporting on the trials of Syrian intelligence officials accused of torture.

Deb joined Clint for this interview where she gave selected wisdom from her long and illustrious reporting career and advice to future journalists.