Ian Masters Biography
Ian Masters is an American broadcast journalist, pundit, novelist, screenwriter, and documentary filmmaker who was born in Australia and educated at the BBC. Masters formerly worked as a Senior Fellow at UCLA’s Center for Strategic and International Affairs and as a Senior Fellow at UCLA’s Center for International Relations.
Ian Masters Age
He was born and raised in Australia.
Ian Masters Family
Ian has not yet disclosed any information about his parents or whether he has siblings. Attempts to establish the identities of his family, his mother, and his father were in vain since no information about them is available to the public. It’s therefore not known whether he has any siblings.
Ian Masters Wife
Masters is happily married to his wife, British-American actress Christina Pickles.
Ian Masters Career
Masters is the host of the KPFK, Pacifica Radio show Background Briefing, which focuses on American politics, international affairs, and internal security problems. Since 1980, Masters has hosted a weekly episode of Background Briefing; in 2009, the show was expanded to five days per week. It is played on over forty radio stations in the United States and is also accessible as a podcast. Masters resigned from his position as anchor of “Background Briefing” at KPFK and now produces the show as an online podcast from his home in Santa Monica. His shows are no longer broadcast on KPFK FM radio. They are now broadcast on KPFA in Berkeley, California.
Masters formerly worked as a Senior Fellow at UCLA’s Center for Strategic and International Affairs and as a Senior Fellow at UCLA’s Center for International Relations. He also worked as a consultant at the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Center for National Security Studies. He was the host of the 2005 PEN Center USA Awards in Los Angeles, California, which previously honored Gore Vidal, Ursula K. Le Guin, Charlie Kaufman, and Robert Alter. Masters hosted a debate with John J. Mearscheimer and Stephen M. Walt titled “The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy” on September 18, 2007. The event was part of the Hammer Forum, which was hosted at the UCLA Hammer Museum. On September 25, 2007, Masters moderated a panel discussion on “Foreign Policy after the Bush Administration”. The event was also held at UCLA’s Hammer Museum. Panelists included John Brady Kiesling, John B. Judis, Christopher O’Sullivan and Steven Clemons.
Ian Masters Net Worth
He has an estimated net Worth of 1 Million dollars.
