Background
Michael Goldfarb was born in New York City and grew up in suburban Philadelphia.
Michael Goldfarb was born in New York City and grew up in suburban Philadelphia.
He is best known for his work for National Public Radio. Upon graduating Antioch College, he returned to New York to work as an actor. Under the name Michael Govan he appeared in productions at Long Wharf Theatre and Arena Stage.
He is Jewish.
In November 1985, Goldfarb moved to London to pursue a career in journalism. He reported on the arts for British and American newspapers, particularly The Guardian and Newsday. He became a critic for British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4 and this work led him into broadcast journalism with National Public Radio (National Public Radio).
From 1990 to 1998, Goldfarb worked for National Public Radio, from 1996 to 1998 as its London Bureau Chief.
He covered British politics, the Royal Family and the five-year-long peace process in Northern Ireland for, but also reported from Bosnia and Iraq. In 1999 he was a fellow at the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University"s Kennedy School of Government.
In 2000 he joined the Boston public radio affiliate WBUR, as Senior Correspondent for the documentary series Inside Out. He is currently London Correspondent of GlobalPost, an essayist for British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 3, and a regular panelist on the British Broadcasting Corporation News programme Dateline London.
In 1984-1985 he was a founding member of the Pearl Theatre Company in Manhattan.