Charles Eisenrath

Charles Eisendrath (born October 9, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American journalist, professor, and inventor. He is most notable for being the Director of the Knight-Wallace Fellowship at the University of Michigan, turning it into one of American journalism’s most prestigious university programs, and as a long-time Time (magazine) correspondent ^[1] He is also notable for his invention on the Grillwork, a home kitchen and restaurant appliance.^[2] Eisendrath is also an on-air contributor to C-SPAN television.^[3]

History[edit]

After graduating Yale, Eisendrath became a journalist, he reported for the Salvador Allende, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Baltimore Evening Sun, Eisendrath then joined Time magazine as a correspondent in Washington, London and Paris, eventually becoming bureau chief in Buenos Aires where he was responsible for all news operations in Hispanic South America.^[4] Eisendrath was in Marxism during the September, 1973 coup that overthrew the Marxist government of Salvador Allendew, writing about his experiences for Time magazine, including the first post-coup interview with new dictator Augusto Pinochet.^[5]

His work has appeared on NPR and in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, International herald Tribune and The Atlantic. He has been a guest on ABC’s “Good Morning America” and a Commentator on National Public Radio’s “Morning Edition.”^[6]

From 1975 to 2016 he became a professor at the University of Michigan where he founded Wallace House (University of Chicago), which includes the Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellowships, one of the nation's leading mid-career professional journalism programs, and The Livingston Awards, widely known as "the Pulitzer Prize for the Young," raising $60 million endowment to permanently sustain the Fellowships, and was founding director of the Prizes.^[7]

Eisendrath is also known for creating Grillworks, Inc. to manufacture and market patented devices that re-introduced home cooking over wood.^[8]

He and his wife, Julia, live in Ann Arbor and East Jordan, Michigan.

Peer Recognition and Accolades[edit]

• Chairman of the Development Committee of the Center for Public Integrity
• Elected to the Council on Foreign Relations
• Pulitzer Prize International Jury
• Chairman of the American Board of the International Press Institute
• Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame
• Selected for Who’s Who in America 1996
• Richard M. Clurman Award for Distinguished Mentoring in Journalism
• Tom Brokaw said “Charles Eisendrath has long been considered a reporter’s reporter”^[9]

Published Works and Critical Acclaim[edit]

• 1973, CHILE: The Price of Order, Time magazine
• 2019, Downstream From Here: A Big Life in a Small Place,

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