Fred de Sam Lazaro
Fred reporting from
South Africa on AIDS.
Fred de Sam Lazaro joined The NewsHour in 1985 as a contributing correspondent, and became medical correspondent in 1993.
He received a Journalism Fellowship from the University of Michigan Graduate School, where he concentrated on medical and public health issues. In addition to the NewsHour, he is a frequent speaker at conferences and seminars on Asian American issues as well as on journalism.
He has won numerous prizes for his reporting and has won SAJA Journalism Awards on multiple occasions.
Born in Bangalore, India, Fred is married and has three children. He now lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, and is based at KTCA-TV.
See
transcripts of some of his pieces:
- India's Muslims
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week508/cover.html - Favoring Boys
in India, Aug 2001
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/asia/july-dec01/india_boys_8-16.html - Hindus
in America, Aug 2001
- New philanthropy
in India, July 2001
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/asia/july-dec01/india_7-25.html
- AIDS in India,
June 2001
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/jan-june01/aidsindia_6-26.html - AIDS in Africa,
June 2001
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/africa/jan-june00/aids_safrica_5-22.html
- The Heart
of China, June 1998
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/asia/jan-june98/china_6-25a.html - Flooding in
Grand Forks, North Dakota, April 1997
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/media/jan-june98/flood_4-15.html
- India's Business
Environment, May 1996
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/asia/may96/indian_business_5-13.html
- Foreign Doctors
in America, May 1996
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/may96/foreign-docs_5-20.html
Fred de Sam Lazaro joins
other SAJA on-air reporters at Unity99
in Seattle. Next to him are Aditi Roy (reporter for KLKN-TV, Lincoln,
Nebraska) and Hari Sreenivasan (reporter
for CNET-TV).