Melissa Block | |
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.jpg) Block at the68th Annual Peabody Awards (2010) | |
| Born | (1961-12-28)December 28, 1961 (age 63) |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist,Radio host |
| Notable credit | National Public Radio |
| Spouse | Stefan Fatsis |
Melissa Block (born December 28, 1961) is an Americanradio host andjournalist. She co-hostedNPR'sAll Things Considered news program from 2003 until August 14, 2015.[1] In August 2015 she became a Special Correspondent for NPR, responsible for detailed profiles of newsworthy figures, and long-form stories and series on topical issues.[1] She retired from NPR in 2023.[2]
Melissa Block was born December 28, 1961. She graduated fromRadcliffe College,Harvard University and was aFulbright Scholar at theUniversity of Geneva.[3]
She began her NPR career in 1985 as an editorial assistant for All Things Considered and rose to become the show's senior producer. From 1994 to 2002, she was a New York reporter and correspondent for NPR. Her reporting after theSeptember 11 attacks helped earn NPR a Peabody Award in 2001.[4][1]
In 2008, Block was recording an interview inChengdu,China, when the area was struck by a7.9 magnitude earthquake.[5] Her earthquake coverage earned her aPeabody Award, aduPont-Columbia Award, a National Headliner Award, and theSociety of Professional Journalists'Sigma Delta Chi Award. Her coverage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks earned NPR aGeorge Foster Peabody Award. Also, her reporting fromKosovo in 1999 for NPR won an Overseas Press Club Award.[4]
She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard and was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Geneva.
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