Robin Young | |
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| Born | Robin Caldwell Youngs Long Island,New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Ithaca College |
| Occupation(s) | Radio host, journalist |
| Relatives | John Savage (brother) Jim Youngs (brother) |
| Awards | Peabody Award1990 Emmy Award (5 times) Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame (2010) |
Robin Caldwell Young (néeYoungs) is an American television and radio personality.[1] She worked ten years in television, winning thePeabody Award for her documentaryThe Los Altos Story. In 2000, she shifted to radio in Boston. Young co-hosts theNPR andWBUR daily news magazine programHere and Now along withScott Tong andDeepa Fernandes.[2][3]
Young was born onLong Island, New York. She attendedIthaca College inIthaca, New York, graduating in 1972. The college gave her the Outstanding Young Alumni Award in 1982.[4] She has lived and worked inManhattan,Washington, DC,Los Angeles andBoston.
Her three siblings are all actors. Gail Youngs andJim Youngs are her sister and brother. Her third sibling is veteran film actorJohn Savage.[5]
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She began in television as a secretary at Channel 38 in Boston in 1973. In 1975, she went on air as a radio announcer at WBZ (Boston). She made her first television appearance on WBZ-TV'sEvening Magazine in 1977.[6] From 1982 to 1983, Young was lead presenter, along withTom Ellis, for the revamped evening newscasts on WNEV-TV (nowWHDH) Channel 7.
After one year, she switched her role at the station and began hosting and producing a number of primetime specials under her own production company, Young Visions. In 1988, Young was "Life" section anchor ofUSA Today: The Television Show, a nationally syndicated news program.[7]
She made the documentaryThe Los Altos Story, promoting HIV/AIDS awareness; she won the Peabody Award in 1990 for this program.[8][9]
Young has hostedHere and Now since 2000. The show normally consists of five interview segments with reporters, politicians, artists, authors and experts on a given subject. It is broadcast from noon to 2 pm onWBUR and is distributed by NPR. In July 2013,Here and Now expanded to two hours. The show is produced at WBUR in Boston.
Young has won thePeabody andCableACE Awards[10] for documentary film making and fiveEmmy Awards for excellence in broadcasting. She was inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2010.[1][8]
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