Notable credits NPR Spouse Stefan Fatsis (m. 2002) | Role Radio host Name Melissa Block | |
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Education Harvard University (1983), University of Geneva Nominations James Beard Award for Radio Show/Audio Webcast Similar People Robert Siegel, Audie Cornish, Michele Norris, Stefan Fatsis, Ari Shapiro Profiles | ||
Occupation Journalist, Radio host | ||
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Melissa Block (born December 1961) is an American radio host and journalist. She co-hosted NPR's All Things Considered news program from 2003 until 14 August 2015. 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.
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She began her NPR career in 1985 as an editorial assistant for ATC and rose to become ATC's senior producer. From 1994 to 2002, she was a New York reporter and correspondent for NPR. Her reporting after the September 11 attacks helped earn NPR a Peabody Award in 2001.
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In 2008, Block was recording an interview in Chengdu, China, when the area was struck by a 7.9 magnitude earthquake. Her earthquake coverage earned her a Peabody Award, a duPont-Columbia Award, a National Headliner Award, and the Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi Award. Her coverage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks earned NPR a George Foster Peabody Award. Also, her reporting from Kosovo in 1999 for NPR won an Overseas Press Club Award.
She graduated from Harvard University/Radcliffe College, and was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Geneva.