George Strait, reporting daily from Barcelona with highlights, commentary, and analysis.

Biography

George Strait is now a media consultant in private practice. Most recently he was vice president of content and media for the Dr. Spock Company, an Internet resource for all aspects of parenting and childcare. Before that he spent 22 years as a reporter for ABC News, the last 16 years as its chief medical correspondent. Mr. Strait has contributed to World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, and Nightline on issues such as health care reform, medical/ethical concerns regarding the new technologies, and AIDS.

Following the inauguration of President Clinton in January 1993, he was named correspondent in charge of directing coverage of the health care reform debate and Hillary Clinton’s Task Force on health care reform. Prior to joining ABC News, he worked at WPVI-TV in Philadelphia and WQXI-TV in Atlanta.

He has won several awards throughout his career, including the Overseas Press Club’s Edward R. Murrow Award for a ten-part series on health care in the Soviet Union, the Alfred I. duPont Award for a ground breaking series on women’s health, a Gold Medal Award from the National Association of Black Journalists, and a Blakesely Award from the American Heart Association.

Mr. Strait has also served as Chairman of the Board of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, a private philanthropic trust dedicated to improving the health and life chances of the disadvantaged. Mr. Strait graduated from Boston University with a B.A. degree in biology, and completed an M.S. program in Biochemical Genetics at Atlanta University in 1969. In 1996, he received Boston University’s Alumni Award acknowledging his distinguished career in journalism.