Vince L. Beiser is an American-Canadian journalist.
Background
Vince was born on the 13th of July in New York City, United States, to Order of Canada recipient Morton Beiser and Commemorative Medal for the Queen's Golden Jubilee and Government of Canada Celebration ’88 Certificate of Merit winner Roberta Lando Beiser.
Education
He studied at the University of California at Berkeley, graduating with highest honors (Summa cum Laude) with a degree in Middle Eastern Studies.
Career
He is the brother of actor Brendan Beiser and of David Beiser, of AYUSA Global Youth Exchange. As a Los Angeles-based freelance journalist specializing in criminal justice and other social issues, he was a special projects reporter for The Oakland Tribune, and a senior writer for The Jerusalem Report, Israel"s leading news magazine. Foreign publications such as Harper"s, Wired, The Los Angeles Times Magazine, The Village Voice, The New Republic, The Nation, and Rolling Stone he has reported from as far away as the Balkans, the Middle East and India He is an online contributor to The Huffington Post.
He is also the former senior editor of Mother Jones.
Foreign his frequent reporting on capital punishment and death-row issues, Beiser is a regular guest on the British Broadcasting Corporation, National Public Radio and other radio talk shows.