Howard Arenstein (born March 5, 1950) is an American news correspondent for

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and the radio bureau manager for

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Early life and education

Arenstein earned an undergraduate degree from State University of New York at Buffalo and then earned a master's degree in 1974 from the

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Professional career

From 1974 until 1981, Arenstein resided in

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

, working as a reporter for

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newspaper and for Israeli Radio. In 1978, Arenstein was hired by

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as the wire service's

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

bureau chief and as an editor on UPI's foreign desk in New York and Washington. In 1984, Arenstein joined CBS News as a writer on the overnight CBS News television broadcast

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. In 1987, he began working for CBS Radio. During his time at CBS News, Arenstein has covered the impeachment process of President Clinton, the disputed

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, the

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, the war in

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

and the Beltway sniper attacks. Arenstein has won two individual Edward R. Murrow awards for outstanding journalism - one in 2002 for feature reporting, and one in 2006 for covering the first home game of the

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baseball team.

Controversies

In 2010 Howard Arenstein and his wife Orly Azoulay were arrested for marijuana possession with intent to distribute. Washington police received a complaint that the couple was growing marijuana in their backyard and obtained a search warrant. During the raid the police found large cannabis plants standing more than 8 feet high. The charges later were dropped after prosecutors could not locate a witness. In 2022 Howard Arenstein and his wife complained about receiving moving violations from a functioning stop sign camera in Washington DC. In response to someone who said that the ticket cost less than their toddler's medical bills from a driver that ran a stop sign and hit them, he wrote, "I feel bad for you. I am sorry. But this stop sign camera was fooling people (like my wife) who did not know it was there. Yes, everybody should always make a full stop but unfortunately not everybody does it in reality."

References

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