Melissa Block
{{Short description|American journalist (born 1961)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Melissa Block
|image =Melissa Block at the 68th Annual Peabody Awards (cropped).jpg
| caption = Block at the 68th Annual Peabody Awards (2010)
|birth_date= {{birth date and age|1961|12|28}}
|education = Harvard University (BA)
|occupation= Journalist, Radio host
|spouse = Stefan Fatsis
|credits = National Public Radio
}}
Melissa Block (born December 28, 1961) is an American radio host and journalist. She co-hosted NPR's All Things Considered news program from 2003 until August 14, 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. She retired from NPR in 2023.{{Cite news |title=NPR's Melissa Block bids farewell after 38 years |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/06/30/1185520488/nprs-melissa-block-bids-farewell-after-38-years |access-date=2025-02-04 |work=NPR |language=en}}
Biography
Melissa Block was born December 28, 1961. She graduated from Radcliffe College, Harvard University and was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Geneva.{{cite news|title=WEDDINGS; Melissa Block, Stefan Fatsis|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/03/style/weddings-melissa-block-stefan-fatsis.html|access-date=May 26, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 3, 2002|quote=She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard and was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Geneva.}}
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 the September 11 attacks helped earn NPR a Peabody Award in 2001.{{Cite news |last=Carrasco |first=Emma |date=2015-06-29 |title=Melissa Block Takes On Expanded Role At NPR News |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/npr-extra/2015/06/29/418510368/melissa-block-takes-on-expanded-role-at-npr-news |access-date=2025-02-04 |work=NPR |language=en}}
In 2008, Block was recording an interview in Chengdu, China, when the area was struck by a 7.9 magnitude earthquake.{{Cite web|title=Thousands Feared Dead as Earthquake Hits China|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90366623|access-date=2021-05-01|website=NPR.org| date=May 12, 2008 |language=en}} 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.{{cite web|title=Melissa Block|url=https://www.npr.org/people/134002977/melissa-block|publisher=NPR|access-date=March 20, 2013}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.npr.org/people/134002977/melissa-block NPR biography]
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Category:American radio reporters and correspondents
Category:Radcliffe College alumni
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:20th-century American women journalists
Category:20th-century American journalists