Indira A.R. Lakshmanan is a journalist and news executive based in Washington, D.C., and is currently the Ideas & Opinions Editor at U.S. News & World Report.
Indira has reported from more than 80 countries on six continents for leading U.S. newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and a wire service. She’s traveled with US presidents and secretaries of state, and interviewed and profiled global leaders, including Hillary Clinton, Hugo Chavez, and Fidel Castro. She’s been a Washington columnist for The Boston Globe, following eight years at Bloomberg News as a diplomatic correspondent and national political reporter.
Since 2015, she has guest-hosted national NPR shows including “1A,” “The Diane Rehm Show,” “Here and Now,” “On Point” and “Weekend Edition.” She has also been a special correspondent for PBS NewsHour and Politico Magazine.
Indira was a three-time PA state champion in Girls Extemp, and went to NSDA Nationals three years – in Salt Lake (1981), Kansas City (1983) and San Antonio (1984). She finished 2nd place in Girls Extemp both in 1983 and 1984. Indira also coached for several summers at the National Speech and Debate Institute at American University when she was in college.
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