Wade Goodwyn Is a Correspondent for National Public Radio

Wade Goodwyn is a correspondent for National Public Radio. He reports on all types of national affairs in Texas, Louisiana and the Southwest. He has been reporting for National Public Radio since 1991. Previously, Goodwyn was a political consultant in New York City.

Goodwyn has reported on the siege of the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas, the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City, the trials of Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols in Denver, the Olympic Games in Atlanta and the school shootings in Paducah Ky., Jonesboro, Ark., and Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo.

He is one of the few national reporters who actually credits The Texas Observer when obviously following in the journal's footsteps.

Goodwyn is a graduate of the University of Texas with a degree in history and currently resides in Dallas, Texas, with his wife and two daughters.