Anthony Shadid – foreign correspondent for The New York Times and earlier The Boston Globe Helen Thomas – journalist who covered every U.S. President from 1961 to 2010 Jim Avila – senior correspondent for ABC News Leila Fadel – Journalist for National Public Radio Lucie Salhany – first woman to head a broadcast television network in 1993 in the position as Chairman of Fox Broadcasting Company Octavia Nasr – former television journalist for CNN Paula Faris – journalist (father was of Lebanese descent) Raghida Dergham – columnist and senior diplomatic correspondent for the London-based Al Hayat Sara Ganim – CNN journalist (father is of Lebanese descent) Serena Shim – journalist Tamsen Fadal – television journalist Walid Phares – security and anti-terrorism expert Jad Abumrad – radio host, composer, and producer, founder and co-host of the syndicated public radio program Radiolab