[2] Goldston worked as an international correspondent for the BBC, and was responsible for reporting at the time of the end of The Troubles in Northern Ireland, during the start of the war in Kosovo,[2] and on the Clinton Impeachment.
[4] In November 2005 the duo broadcast a report into the BALCO scandal, obtaining a rare interview with the company's founder Victor Conte who had been indicted by a federal grand jury in February 2004.
[4] He reformed the programme by removing the "single-anchor, single-topic format"[4] and brought in a three-person team of Bashir, Cynthia McFadden, and Terry Moran.
[12] He reportedly faced initial criticism from supporters of Koppel within ABC who felt in replacing previous producer Tom Bettag, Goldston was dismantling the long running format of the programme,[4] however the audience quickly gained traction, moving up 14% among 25- to 54-year-olds in the "demo", while competitor programmes like the Tonight Show With Jay Leno and the Late Show With David Letterman took a hit in the ratings.
[18] Mara Schiavocampo later accused Fedida of "racial discrimination", but later agreed a financial settlement including "a nondisclosure and nondisparagement agreement.
"[18] In June 2020 Goldston placed Fedida, who first joined the company in 1989, on "administrative leave" after a HuffPost report which alleged an "extensive history" of "insensitive and racist remarks.
[23] The Los Angeles Times' Stephan Battaglio reported that the announcement of Goldston's exit came six months after the ouster of Barbara Fedida.
In 2022, Goldston worked with the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack as an "unannounced adviser",[24] assisting with their televised public hearings.
Goldston assisted the Committee in crafting their public hearings so as to appeal to Americans who were not necessarily following the details of the probe into the January 6 attack.