Peter S. Greenberg (born January 20) is an American journalist. He is the
CBS News
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Travel Editor, reporting regularly on ''
The Early Show
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'', its replacement ''
CBS This Morning
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'', and the ''
CBS Evening News
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''. He may be best known as the Travel Editor for
NBC
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's ''
Today
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'',
CNBC
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and
MSNBC
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from 1995 until 2009. Previous to NBC, Peter was Travel correspondent for
ABC's
Good Morning America
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from 1988 to 1995. Greenberg is an
Emmy Award
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-winning journalist and
television producer
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in his own right.
Also known as the "Travel Detective"—he has published several books with that moniker—Greenberg was brought to NBC's ''Today'' by
Jeff Zucker
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. Previously, Greenberg was the West Coast correspondent for ''
Newsweek
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'', among other publications. In addition to his television duties, Greenberg produces a radio show,
Eye on Travel', for
CBS Radio
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; and an online travel site, PeterGreenberg.com. He also produces television specials, such as the highly rated "Inside American Airlines: A Week in the Life" and "Cruise Inc."
He also produces and hosts a television series called ''The Royal Tour'' which airs on PBS. The series features various heads of state giving Greenberg and viewers a personal tour of their country. It has featured a number of world leaders including New Zealand's
Helen Clark
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, Israel's
Benjamin Netanyahu,
Abdullah II of Jordan
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, Peru's
Alejandro Toledo
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, Mexico's
Felipe Calderón
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, Rwanda's
Paul Kagame
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, Poland's
Mateusz Morawiecki
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and Tanzania's
Samia Suluhu Hassan
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. Greenberg was previously the Travel Channel's chief correspondent.
Greenberg also produces and hosts ''The Travel Detective'' TV series on public television stations.
Biography
Greenberg was born to a
Jewish
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family. Before his current CBS Radio Show, he served as a talk show host on 790 KABC in Los Angeles. Greenberg served as Vice-President of television development for
Paramount
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, where he helped develop such shows as
MacGyver
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In both p ...
. At
MGM
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, he ran the creative team that developed
thirtysomething
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for ABC.
In 2012, Greenberg was inducted into th
U.S. Travel Hall of Leaders an award presented by the U.S. Travel Association.
'Peter Greenberg and Gary Sain to be inducted into Travel Hall of Leaders'
Books
His books include "The Best Places for Everything", "New Rules of the Road", and "Don't Go There: The Travel Detective's Essential Guide to the Must-Miss Places of the World". Perhaps unusual for a travel journalist, this book highlights places readers should avoid.
Greenberg graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison
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.
References
External links
Peter Greenberg Official HomepagePeter Greenberg Worldwide (Radio)Peter Greenberg Book Don't Go ThereVideo: In depth interview with PeterGreenberg The Early ShowU.S. Travel Hall of LeadersPeter Greenberg and Gary Sain to be inducted into Travel Hall of Leaders
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
MSNBC people
Travel broadcasters
American Jews
University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
CBS News people
Emmy Award winners