America The Spiteful. The rest of the world now sees no “purple mountain majesties.” Instead, only sourness and malevolence from the US. This week THE MEDIA BEAT assesses global reaction to USAID’s shutdown. LISTEN to the podcast at: Or listen ‘on demand’ from NPR radio station WHDD: And READ the full article at:

Leaving aside the despicable blame game being played at the White House over the DC air crash … we turn to a media dispute in NYC. When trenchant analysis is keenly needed, now more than ever … the ‘journal of record,’ THE NEW YORK TIMES has lost its strongest voice on economic matters: Nobel Prizewinner PAUL KRUGMAN. How can such a loss happen? This week’s edition of The Media Beat, my critique for public radio, traces the inside story. LISTEN to the podcast at

A probing interview about my memoir. ‘Cover to Cover,’ Mary-Elizabeth Jackson’s book show - carried by iHeart Radio, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, etc - addresses the lengthy search for my unknown father, while reporting on life-altering global events. LISTEN to the podcast at The book itself is at:

A torrent of executive actions from Day One of Trump 2. And the world’s response? This week’s edition of THE MEDIA BEAT on public radio charts international news coverage. LISTEN to the podcast at:  Or via public station WHDD: Also via Spotify, Apple Podcasts and other major platforms.

For those who use Facebook, there’s video coverage of my talk with justice activist Don Mullan, held among the Irish-American community of Boston’s South Shore area. Our discussion was sparked by the Bloody Sunday massacre in Derry, 1972 but includes other issues raised in my memoir 'A QUESTION OF PATERNITY: Life as an Unaffiliated Reporter', available at (Photo courtesy of Ancient Order of Hibernians, Plymouth MA Division)

Ahead of Inauguration celebrations hugely funded by Big Tech, The Media Beat asks: what’s really in it for the tech billionaires? (Cartoon by Ann Telnaes, ex-WaPo) LISTEN to the podcast at:

I’m heading to the Boston area, to recall the horror once again of Northern Ireland’s ‘Bloody Sunday’ massacre. In Plymouth, MA on Saturday afternoon (Jan 18th) I will join with fellow-survivor and dynamic Irish activist DON MULLAN in a discussion prompted by my memoir, A QUESTION OF PATERNITY. Everyone who can attend is welcome The book itself is available at

NATO vs RUSSIA could be the biggest story of 2025. It’s underreported for now, but in THE MEDIA BEAT this week we explore the prospects.LISTEN to the podcast at:  And/Or READ the full article at: 

TRUMP vs. JOURNALISM — through the four years ahead. As 2025 begins, THE MEDIA BEAT on public radio today surveys the battle lines. LISTEN to the podcast at:  Or on WHDD: 

As the New Year opens, my memoir has been discussed in Northern California. NorCal Public Radio’s SUZANNE LANG conducts a remarkably penetrating interview. LISTEN online at: The book itself is at

RT @lissa_warren: Have a listen to @dtereshchuk discussing his memoir, A QUESTION OF PATERNITY: My Life as an Unaffiliated Reporter, on @no…

Ending the year with empathy? 2024's last edition of THE MEDIA BEAT for public radio is out today. It includes an arguably rare application of Artificial Intelligence. Aimed at better understanding of people - of all things! LISTEN to the podcast at: (Graphic for NPR by Jackie Lay)

My return visit to the Boston area’s “Monday Night Talk” radio show now appears as a podcast. We discussed my memoir a bit more fully. LISTEN at The book itself can be seen at

RT @lissa_warren: Listen to @dtereshchuk on @KevinTocci's @959watdfm show (at 47:20) discussing his memoir, A QUESTION OF PATERNITY, and th…

Watch my latest interview, on THE MIKE WAGNER SHOW. As in a lot of commercials-funded output, there’s a somewhat repetitive start … but we soon get rolling into quite a punchy, wide-ranging talk. We of course discuss my memoir, which can be seen at:

THE MEDIA BEAT this week is a Washington dispatch. But not about the Congressional kerfuffle, with Trump and Musk working as chaos agents even before being installed in power. Instead I concentrate on a more specific and life-or-death question. The fate in Syria of American reporter AUSTIN TICE. LISTEN to the podcast at: And READ the full article at:

@lissa_warren @publibonline @berndandooling @envelope_books Happy to be interviewed by the nation's public librarians!

RT @lissa_warren: “A compassionate examination of the people who raised him, an unflinching look at the darker passages of his own life, &…

I owe a huge debt to Public Libraries — an essential institution that helped enormously in making me the man I am. So I’m greatly touched to be interviewed about my memoir on the PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION’s website The subtle, probing interviewer is Brendan Dowling. The book itself is at:

Two Survivors/Eyewitnesses Reunited. Another chance to see and hear Don Mullan and me recalling the horrors of Ireland’s Bloody Sunday massacre - and urging full accountability for murders committed during the dirty war known as The Troubles. We spoke at Washington DC’s National Press Club. WATCH the video at: