Eleanor Beardsley is a journalist and correspondent based in Paris who covers French society, politics, economics, culture, history, business affairs, sport, and gastronomy for National Public Radio.
19 Facts About Eleanor Beardsley
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Eleanor Beardsley has been reporting for NPR from Paris since 2004.
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At times Beardsley has reported on events outside of Europe, namely the pro-democracy uprisings of the 2011 Arab Spring revolution in the North African country of Tunisia, where she covered the overthrow of autocrat Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
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Eleanor Beardsley is the eldest of three siblings and her parents' only daughter.
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Eleanor Beardsley has cited nightly French lessons with her father as an important component of her early foundations in French.
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When she was 12 years old, Eleanor Beardsley traveled with her parents to France for a month as a reward for her effort in studying French.
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Eleanor Beardsley then went on to study it at the undergraduate level while in college.
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Eleanor Beardsley has a master's degree in international business from the University of South Carolina and holds a Bachelor of Arts in European history and French from Furman University.
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Eleanor Beardsley is bilingual, being fluent in both English and French.
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Early in her career, Eleanor Beardsley worked for three years as a staff assistant for Senator Strom Thurmond on Capitol Hill.
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Eleanor Beardsley left the network after four years, because company policy prevented anyone who was not French from working as a TF1 reporter.
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Open to the idea, Eleanor Beardsley purchased radio broadcasting equipment and taught herself how to use it.
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Eleanor Beardsley then began recording and producing her own radio news reports, some of which she pitched to radio programs like The World.
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The gradual end of the turbulence in Kosovo meant that Eleanor Beardsley's work was no longer needed there.
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Eleanor Beardsley again began writing stories on a freelance basis and pitching her reports to news outlets that included The Christian Science Monitor, The World, and Marketplace.
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Some notable events that Eleanor Beardsley has covered in her career include the following:.
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Columnist Rod Dreher of The American Conservative and other commentators have remarked on how unusual it is to hear a Southern accent like Eleanor Beardsley's coming from a national broadcaster.
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Eleanor Beardsley has never publicly revealed her age or birthday, for instance.
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Eleanor Beardsley is married to French journalist and news anchor Ulysse Gosset, with whom she has a son, Maxime.