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{{Short description|American journalist (born 1969)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = David Folkenflik
| image = Gabriel Sherman and David Folkenflik (12527762235) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Folkenflik in 2014
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|9|15}}
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| education = B.A. [[Cornell University]]
| occupation = Reporter
| known_for = Media correspondent for [[NPR]]
| children =
| spouse = Jesse Baker
| parents = [[Vivian Folkenflik]] and Robert Folkenflik
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'''David Folkenflik''' (born September 15, 1969)<ref>{{cite news |title=Jewish Insider's Daily Kickoff: Friday September 14, 2018 |newspaper=[[Haaretz]] |date=September 14, 2018 |url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/jewish-insider-s-daily-kickoff-september-14-2018-1.6471190 |quote=Saturday: NPR's Media Correspondent, David Folkenflik turns 49... |access-date=October 12, 2018 |archive-date=January 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116155511/https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/jewish-insider-s-daily-kickoff-september-14-2018-1.6471190 |url-status=live }}</ref> is an American [[reporter]] based in New York City and serving as media correspondent for [[NPR]]. He was also one of the hosts of [[NPR]] and [[WBUR-FM]]'s ''[[On Point]]''. His work primarily appears on the NPR news programs ''[[Morning Edition]]'' and ''[[All Things Considered]]''. He also appeared regularly on the "Media Circus" segment on the former ''[[Talk of the Nation]]''.<ref name=NPRbio>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4459112 |title=David Folkenflik, Correspondent, Media, Arts Information Unit |author=National Public Radio |website=[[NPR]] |date=2007-02-22 |access-date=2010-01-25 |author-link=National Public Radio |archive-date=2010-11-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101106065919/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4459112 |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Early life and education==
He has reported on many topics, including the undisclosed payments made by ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'' reporter [[Kurt Eichenwald]] to a teenaged [[webcam]] [[child pornography|child pornographer]] named [[Justin Berry]]<ref name=Berry>{{cite web |url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15430924 |title=Seizures Hurt Memory, Ex-'Times' Reporter Says |author=David Folkenflik |publisher=''[[All Things Considered]]'', [[National Public Radio]] |date=2007-10-19 |accessdate=2010-01-25}}</ref> and on the ethical challenges faced by reporters who are also [[medical doctor]]s who've travelled to Haiti to report on and assist with the recovery after the [[2010 Haiti earthquake]].<ref name=Haiti>{{cite web |url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122784322 |title=Reporters Who Are MDs Find Lines Blurred In Haiti |author=David Folkenflik |publisher=''[[All Things Considered]]'', [[National Public Radio]] |date=2010-01-20 |accessdate=2010-01-25}}</ref><ref name=NPRlist>{{cite web |url=http://www.npr.org/templates/archives/archive.php?thingId=4459112 |title=David Folkenflik archive |author=[[National Public Radio]] |accessdate=2010-01-25}}</ref> He is active in public service, and has served as a commentator during ''The Changing Face of News – What’s Next?'' event at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at [[Saint Anselm College]].<ref>http://www.anselm.edu/nhiop/speakers/</ref>▼
Folkenflik is the son of [[Vivian Folkenflik|Vivian]] and Robert Folkenflik, both college professors at the [[University of California, Irvine]].<ref name= Baker>{{Cite news|title = Jesse Baker, David Folkenflik|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/fashion/weddings/02BAKER.html|newspaper = [[The New York Times]]|date = 2010-04-30|access-date = 2015-10-20|issn = 0362-4331|archive-date = 2018-10-12|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181012134843/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/fashion/weddings/02BAKER.html|url-status = live}}</ref> He is of [[American Jews|Jewish]] descent.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Adam |last=Reinherz |authorlink= |title=NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik speaks in Pittsburgh |newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle]] |date=January 14, 2019 |url=https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/npr-media-correspondent-david-folkenflik-to-speak-in-pittsburgh/ |quote=He recounted growing up Jewish in Orange County, Calif., his beginnings in print media and the current role of contemporary journalists. |access-date=June 7, 2024 |archive-date=February 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203234418/https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/npr-media-correspondent-david-folkenflik-to-speak-in-pittsburgh/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= Weiner |first= Robert |title= Jewish figures on all sides of 'Bridgegate' |quote= Robert Folkenflik, professor emeritus at University of California, Irvine, who knew Samson as a child in Hillside and later as a fraternity brother at [[Zeta Beta Tau]] on Rutgers University’s New Brunswick campus |newspaper= [[New Jersey Jewish News]] |date= January 29, 2014 |url= https://njjewishnews.timesofisrael.com/jewish-figures-on-all-sides-of-bridgegate/ |accessdate= |archive-date= March 30, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190330185246/https://njjewishnews.timesofisrael.com/jewish-figures-on-all-sides-of-bridgegate/ |url-status= live }}</ref>
In 1991, he graduated from [[Cornell University]] with a degree in [[history]]. At Cornell, he was [[editor in chief]] of ''[[The Cornell Daily Sun]]'' and a member of the [[Quill and Dagger]], Cornell's senior [[honor society]].<ref name=NPRbio />
==Career==
Folkenflik started at ''[[The Herald-Sun (Durham, North Carolina)|The Herald-Sun]]'' of [[Durham, North Carolina]]. He spent more than 10 years at ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]'', covering [[higher education]], the [[United States Congress]], and the [[mass media]], before joining NPR in 2004.<ref name= NPRbio />
▲He has reported on many topics, including the undisclosed payments made by ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'' reporter [[Kurt Eichenwald]] to a teenaged [[webcam]] [[child pornography|child pornographer]] named [[Justin Berry]]<ref name=Berry>{{cite web |url=
Folkenflik is the author of ''Murdoch's World: The Last of the Old Media Empires,'' a 2013 history of [[Rupert Murdoch]]'s global media influence with a focus on the United Kingdom [[2011 News Corporation scandals|scandals]] of [[News Corporation]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Overholser |first=Geneva |date=2013-10-17 |title='Murdoch's World' is a complicated one |url=https://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-ca-jc-david-folkenflik-20131020-story.html |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030050209/https://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-ca-jc-david-folkenflik-20131020-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Personal life==
In 2010, Folkenflik married Jesse Baker.<ref name= Baker/>
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