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Mel Laytner was a reporter for nearly 20 years, much of it as a foreign correspondent forNBC News and United Press International covering the Middle East. He holds Master’s degrees from both Columbia University’s School of Journalism and its School of International Affairs, and was awarded a prestigious Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Business and Economic Journalism.