Steve Inskeep
{{short description|American journalist, author, radio host (born 1968)}}
{{Infobox presenter
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| birth_name = Steven Alan Inskeep
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|6|16}}
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| occupation = {{hlist|Radio host|author}}
| show = Morning Edition
| prevshow = All Things Considered
| network = NPR
| spouse = {{marriage|Carolee Gabel|1993}}
| children = 3
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Steven Alan Inskeep ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɪ|n|s|k|iː|p}}; born June 16, 1968) is an American journalist who is currently one of the four rotating hosts of Morning Edition and Up First on National Public Radio. Prior to being a host of Morning Edition, Inskeep covered the Pentagon, the 2000 presidential campaign of George W. Bush, the U.S. Senate, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and was host of Weekend All Things Considered.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/people/4080709/steve-inskeep|title=Steve Inskeep|website=NPR}}
Inskeep is the author of four books: Instant City: Life and Death in Karachi (2011); Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab (2015); Imperfect Union: How Jessie and John Fremont Mapped the West, Invented Celebrity, and Helped Cause the Civil War (2020); and Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America (2023).{{cite book |last1=Inskeep |first1=Steve |title=Instant City: Life and Death in Karachi |date=2011 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-1-101-54793-9 |url=https://archive.org/details/instantcitylifed0000insk|url-access=registration }}{{cite web |title=History review: 'Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab,' by Steve Inskeep |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/books/2015/06/13/history-review-jacksonland-president-andrew-jackson-cherokee-chief-john-ross-and-a-great-american-land-grab-by-steve-inskeep/ |website=The Dallas Morning News |date=June 13, 2015}}{{cite web |last1=Maslin |first1=Janet |title=The Man Who Mapped the West, and the Wife Who Made Him Famous |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/14/books/review-imperfect-union-steve-inskeep-jessie-john-fremont-civil-war.html |website=The New York Times |date=January 14, 2020}}{{cite book |last1=Inskeep |first1=Steve |title=Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America |date=2023-10-03 |publisher=Penguin Press |isbn=9780593297865 |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/670070/differ-we-must-by-steve-inskeep/}}
Early life and education
Inskeep was raised in Carmel, Indiana, graduated from Carmel High School and graduated Phi Kappa Phi from Morehead State University in Morehead, Kentucky, in 1990.{{cite book|url=https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1052&context=msu_commencement_programs|title=Class of 1990 Spring Commencement|publisher=Morehead State University|year=1990|access-date=June 27, 2020}} His first professional experience in radio was a stint as a sportscaster at WMKY-FM in Morehead.
Career
= NPR =
Inskeep was hired by NPR in 1996. His first full-time assignment was the 1996 presidential primary in New Hampshire. Inskeep has been the host of Morning Edition since 2004.https://www.npr.org/people/4080709/steve-inskeep {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}
In January 2022, Inskeep interviewed former U.S. President Donald Trump on many issues including COVID-19 vaccinations; the 2020 presidential election; and the future of the Republican Party, specifically in the 2022 midterm elections. When Inskeep pressured Trump with questions related to the attempts to overturn the election results and the 2021 United States Capitol attack, Trump suddenly hung up the phone interview.{{Cite news|date=2022-01-12|title=Read NPR's full interview with former President Donald Trump|language=en|work=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/2022/01/12/1072176709/transcript-full-npr-interview-former-president-donald-trump|access-date=2022-01-12}}
Notable work
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| 2005 | style="text-align:left;padding:10px;"| Oil Money Divides Nigeria | style="padding:6px;"| received a 2006 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award with other members of NPR |
| 2009 | style="text-align:left;padding:10px;"| Transcript: Obama's Full Interview With NPR | Barack Obama Michele Norris |
| 2009 | style="text-align:left;padding:10px;"| Ahmadinejad: Holocaust 'Opinion Of Just A Few' | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Bijan Khajepour |
| 2010 | style="text-align:left;padding:10px;"| Along The Grand Trunk Road: Coming Of Age In India And Pakistan | Grand Trunk Road |
| 2012 | style="text-align:left;padding:10px;"| Revolutionary Road Trip | Arab Spring Arab Spring concurrent incidents from Carthage to Cairo |
| 2014 | style="text-align:left;padding:10px;"| Borderland: Dispatches From The U.S.-Mexico Boundary | Mexico–United States border |
| 2014 | style="text-align:left;padding:10px;"| Transcript And Audio: President Obama's Full NPR Interview | at United States Military Academy after Commencement speech |
| 2022
|Phone interview with former President Donald Trump | |
Bibliography
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| Title | Year | Publisher | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instant City: Life and Death in Karachi | 2011 | Penguin Press, NY | 9781594203152 |
| Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab | 2015 | Penguin Press, NY | 9781594205569 |
| Imperfect Union: How Jessie and John Frémont Mapped The West, Invented Celebrity, and Helped Cause the Civil War | 2020 | Penguin Press, NY | 9780735224353 |
| Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America | 2023 | Penguin Press, NY | 9780593297865 |
Personal life
Inskeep married Carolee Gabel in 1993.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/20/style/weddings-carolee-gabel-steven-inskeep.html|title=WEDDINGS; Carolee Gabel, Steven Inskeep|work=The New York Times|date=June 20, 1993|access-date=June 27, 2020}} They have a daughter who was born in 2005.
In 2012, they adopted a second child from China. Inskeep himself was also adopted.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/26/opinion/closed-adoption-laws.html|title=Opinion | For 50 Years, I Was Denied the Story of My Birth|first=Steve|last=Inskeep|work=The New York Times |date=March 26, 2021|via=NYTimes.com}} He and his family reside in Washington, D.C.{{Cite web |date=2020-07-03 |title=Steve Inskeep |url=https://www.kcrw.com/people/steve-inskeep |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=KCRW |language=en}}
References
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{{cite web|url=http://blogs.reuters.com/commentaries/2009/10/01/bijan-khajehpour-released-an-update/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925033858/http://blogs.reuters.com/commentaries/2009/10/01/bijan-khajehpour-released-an-update/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 September 2013 |title=Bijan Khajehpour released – an update |date=1 October 2009 |work=Reuters |access-date=5 November 2014}}
{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/05/28/remarks-president-united-states-military-academy-commencement-ceremony |title=Remarks by the President at the United States Military Academy Commencement Ceremony |date=28 May 2014 |via=National Archives |work=whitehouse.gov |access-date=15 December 2014}}
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External links
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- [https://www.npr.org/people/4080709/steve-inskeep NPR biography]
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- [http://www.c-span.org/video/?308437-1/qa-steve-inskeep C-SPAN Q&A interview with Inskeep about Instant City, October 02, 2012]
- [http://www.c-span.org/video/?308236-3/book-discussion-instant-city C-SPAN Book Discussion on Instant City, September 23, 2012]
- [https://twitter.com/nprinskeep Steve Inskeep] on Twitter
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