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Melissa Block is a host of NPRs All Things Considered. NPR logo For other meanings of NPR see NPR (disambiguation) National Public Radio (NPR) is a private, not-for-profit corporation that sells programming to member radio stations; together they are a loosely organized public radio network in the United States. ... All Things Considered, sometimes abbreviated ATC, is a news radio program in the United States, broadcast on the National Public Radio network. ...


She graduated from Harvard University in 1983 with a degree in French history and literature and in 1984 was a Fulbright scholar at the University of Geneva. She is married to Wall Street Journal reporter and NPR sports contributor Stefan Fatsis. They have a daughter and live in Washington, DC. She started with All Things Considered in 1985 as an editorial assistant. She later worked as editor, director, senior producer, and then as a correspondent in New York. Her 1999 report investigating rape as a weapon of war in Kosovo was cited when NPR News won an Overseas Press Club Award. Her September 11 reporting was part of coverage that earned NPR News a George Foster Peabody Award. Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... The Fulbright Program is program of educational grants (Fulbright Fellowships) sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State. ... The University of Geneva (Université de Genève) is one of the oldest universities in the world. ... The Wall Street Journal is an influential international daily newspaper published in New York City, New York with an average daily circulation of 1,800,607 (2002). ... Stefan Fatsis Stefan Fatsis (1963- ) is a staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal and a guest reporter on NPRs All Things Considered and on American Public Medias Marketplace (radio program). ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... All Things Considered, sometimes abbreviated ATC, is a news radio program in the United States, broadcast on the National Public Radio network. ... For other uses of the name Kosovo, see Kosovo (disambiguation). ... September 11 is the 254th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (255th in leap years). ... The George Foster Peabody Awards, more commonly known as simply the Peabody Awards, are annual awards given for excellence in radio and television broadcasting and cable television within the United States. ...


See also

Michele Norris is an American radio journalist and current host of the National Public Radio evening news broadcast All Things Considered. ... Robert Siegel is an American radio journalist. ...

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  • NPR biography

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WBUR Hosts - Melissa Block (114 words)
She was on the staff of All Things Considered for nine years, including three as the show's senior producer, before moving to New York as a reporter in 1994.
Her 1999 report investigating rape as a weapon of war in Kosovo was cited among stories for which NPR News won an Overseas Press Club Award.
Block graduated from Harvard University in 1983 with a degree in French history and literature and spent the following year as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Geneva.
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