Paul Glastris

His mother, Bess "Vasiliki" Dimpapas Glastri (1924-2018), was the daughter of Greek immigrant parents, and had a pioneering career at KWK Radio-TV in St. Louis before marrying William V. Glastris, Sr. His father owned a small company, Glastris-Manning/Courtesy Checks Advertising and Public Relations Group.

Glastris covered the Midwest from U.S. News & World Report's Chicago bureau.

From 1995 to 1996, he worked as Bureau Chief in Berlin, Germany where he was responsible for covering the former Yugoslavia in the final months of the Bosnia War.

While working as a speechwriter for President Bill Clinton from 1998 to 2001,[5] Glastris wrote drafts of more than 200 speeches on a variety of subjects such as education, health care, and the budget.

This program "put over 1000 federal employees as volunteer reading tutors in Washington, DC public schools."