Jeremy Hobson
{{Short description|American national radio journalist}}
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Jeremy Hobson is an American national radio journalist and podcaster. He hosts the weekly show The Middle with Jeremy Hobson.
He was a co-host, along with Robin Young and Tonya Mosley, of NPR and WBUR's Here and Now.{{cite news|last1=Stelter|first1=Brian|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/30/business/media/npr-to-end-talk-of-the-nation.html|title=After 21 Years, NPR Is Ending 'Talk of the Nation'|work=New York Times|date=29 Mar 2013}}{{cite web|last1=Borchers|first1=Callum|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2013/07/01/expanded-version-wbur-here-now-debuts-more-than-npr-stations/W9cO7HEW9iieOzT5gMIQvJ/story.html|title=An expanded 'Here & Now' debuts nationwide on NPR|work=Boston Globe|date=1 Jul 2013|access-date=13 Oct 2014}} He left the show in October 2020.
Education and personal life
A native of Urbana, Illinois, Hobson graduated from University High School in 1999{{cite news|last1=Kramer|first1=Melody|title=That public radio documentary you just listened to was made by high school students|url=http://www.poynter.org/2015/that-public-radio-documentary-you-just-listened-to-was-made-by-high-school-students/375523/|publisher=The Poynter Institute|date=29 Sep 2015}} and received his undergraduate degree from Boston University.{{cite news|last1=Laskowski|first1=Amy|title=NPR to Take WBUR's Here & Now National|url=http://www.bu.edu/today/2013/npr-to-take-wburs-here-now-national/|work=BU Today|date=2 Apr 2013}} He is the son of pianist Ian Hobson.{{cite news|url=http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2013-04-23/urbana-native-hobson-be-co-host-npr-show.html|title=Urbana native Hobson to be co-host of NPR show|work=The News-Gazette|date=23 Apr 2013}} Hobson is gay, and was the first openly LGBT person to host a WBUR program.{{Cite web|url=https://current.org/2020/10/here-now-co-host-is-stepping-down/|title = 'Here & Now' co-host is stepping down| date=12 October 2020 }}
Career
Prior to his tenure at NPR, Hobson worked at NPR member stations WCAI (Cape Cod, Massachusetts), WILL (Urbana, Illinois), and Rhode Island Public Radio, as a reporter and local show host. He has also been a producer for NPR’s All Things Considered, Day to Day and Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!. Hobson hosted the Marketplace Morning Report from 2011 to 2013.{{cite news|last1=Borchers|first1=Callum|title=WBUR's 'Here & Now' getting big boost|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2013/03/29/robin-young-gets-host-wbur-here-now-expands-two-hour-format/1Kti6APd8OXvjFcZxKrAxI/story.html|work=Boston Globe|date=30 Mar 2013}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.npr.org/people/196734449/jeremy-hobson NPR Biography]
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Category:American male journalists
Category:Boston University alumni
Category:People from Urbana, Illinois
Category:Journalists from Illinois
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Category:American LGBTQ journalists
Category:American LGBTQ broadcasters
Category:American radio journalists
Category:University Laboratory High School (Urbana, Illinois) alumni
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