The Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) has named Betsy Fischer Martin the new director of the Institute of Politics (IOP), the school announced on Monday. The Emmy-winning broadcast journalist will succeed interim co-directors Beth Myers and Ned Price, beginning in August.
As a reporter and media executive, Fischer Martin spent more than two decades with NBC News. At the network, she covered six presidential campaigns, served as the longtime executive producer of Meet the Press hosted by Tim Russert, and was later the managing editor of political programming.
Since 2018, Fischer Martin has been the executive director of the Women and Politics Institute
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