Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} The NPR Interviews 1996 by Robert Siegel Robert Siegel. Prior to his retirement, Robert Siegel was the senior host of NPR's award-winning evening newsmagazine . With 40 years of experience working in radio news, Siegel hosted the country's most-listened-to, afternoon-drive-time news radio program and reported on stories and happenings all over the globe, and reported from a variety of locations across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. He signed off in his final broadcast of All Things Considered on January 5, 2018. In 2010, Siegel was recognized by the Graduate School of Journalism with the John Chancellor Award. Siegel has been honored with three Silver Batons from Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University, first in 1984 for All Things Considered 's coverage of peace movements in East and West Germany. He shared in NPR's 1996 Silver Baton Award for "The Changing of the Guard: The Republican Revolution," for coverage of the first 100 days of the 104 th Congress. He was part of the NPR team that won a Silver Baton for the network's coverage of the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan Province, China. Other awards Siegel has earned include a 1997 American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award for the two-part documentary, "Murder, Punishment, and Parole in Alabama" and the National Mental Health Association's 1991 Mental Health Award for his interviews conducted on the streets of in an All Things Considered story, "The Mentally Ill Homeless." Siegel joined NPR in December 1976 as a newscaster and became an editor the following year. In 1979, Siegel became NPR's first staffer based overseas when he was chosen to open NPR's London bureau, where he worked as senior editor until 1983. After London, Siegel served for four years as director of the News and Information Department, overseeing production of NPR's newsmagazines All Things Considered and , as well as special events and other news programming. During his tenure, NPR launched its popular Saturday and Sunday newsmagazine . He became host of All Things Considered in 1987. Before coming to NPR, Siegel worked for WRVR Radio in as a reporter, host and news director. He was part of the WRVR team honored with an Armstrong Award for the series, "Rockefeller's Drug Law." Prior to WRVR, he was morning news reporter and telephone talk show host for WGLI Radio in Babylon, New York. A graduate of New York's and Columbia University, Siegel began his career in radio at Columbia's radio station, WKCR-FM. As a student he anchored coverage of the 1968 Columbia demonstrations and contributed to the work that earned the station an award from the Writers Guild of America East. Siegel was the editor of The NPR Interviews 1994 , The NPR Interviews 1995 and The NPR Interviews 1996 , compilations of NPR's most popular radio conversations from each year. 90.1 FM WABEWhere ATL meets NPR Where ATL meets NPR. Robert Siegel is senior host of NPR’s award-winning evening newsmagazine All Things Considered . With 40 years of experience working in radio news, Siegel hosts the country’s most-listened-to, afternoon-drive-time news radio program and reports on stories and happenings all over the globe. As a host, Siegel has reported from a variety of locations across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. In 2010, Siegel was recognized by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism with the John Chancellor Award. Siegel has been honored with three Silver Batons from Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University, first in 1984 for All Things Considered ‘s coverage of peace movements in East and West Germany. He shared in NPR’s 1996 Silver Baton Award for “The Changing of the Guard: The Republican Revolution,” for coverage of the first 100 days of the 104 th Congress. He was part of the NPR team that won a Silver Baton for the network’s coverage of the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan Province, China. Other awards Siegel has earned include a 1997 American Bar Association’s Silver Gavel Award for the two-part documentary, “Murder, Punishment, and Parole in Alabama” and the National Mental Health Association’s 1991 Mental Health Award for his interviews conducted on the streets of New York in an All Things Considered story, “The Mentally Ill Homeless.” Siegel joined NPR in December 1976 as a newscaster and became an editor the following year. In 1979, Siegel became NPR’s first staffer based overseas when he was chosen to open NPR’s London bureau, where he worked as senior editor until 1983. After London, Siegel served for four years as director of the News and Information Department, overseeing production of NPR’s newsmagazines All Things Considered and Morning Edition , as well as special events and other news programming. During his tenure, NPR launched its popular Saturday and Sunday newsmagazine Weekend Edition . He became host of All Things Considered in 1987. Before coming to NPR, Siegel worked for WRVR Radio in New York City as a reporter, host and news director. He was part of the WRVR team honored with an Armstrong Award for the series, “Rockefeller’s Drug Law.” Prior to WRVR, he was morning news reporter and telephone talk show host for WGLI Radio in Babylon, New York. A graduate of New York’s Stuyvesant High School and Columbia University, Siegel began his career in radio at Columbia’s radio station, WKCR-FM. As a student he anchored coverage of the 1968 Columbia demonstrations and contributed to the work that earned the station an award from the Writers Guild of America East. Siegel is the editor of The NPR Interviews 1994 , The NPR Interviews 1995 and The NPR Interviews 1996 , compilations of NPR’s most popular radio conversations from each year. Robert Siegel. Robert Siegel, a senior host of NPR's award-winning evening newsmagazine All Things Considered , got started in radio news when he was a college freshman in 1964. He's still at it. As a host, Siegel has reported from Western Europe, Eastern Europe, and Israel. He now concentrates on domestic stories. During the fall of 1992, Siegel took a short leave from the show to anchor , NPR's nationwide live call-in program. Before joining All Things Considered in 1987, Siegel served for four years as director of NPR's News and Information Department, overseeing production of NPR's newsmagazines All Things Considered and Morning Edition , as well as special events and other news programming. During his tenure, NPR launched its popular Saturday and Sunday newsmagazine Weekend Edition . Siegel joined NPR in December 1976 as an associate producer, and was appointed public affairs editor in 1977 and senior editor in 1978. In 1979, Siegel was chosen to open NPR's London bureau, where he worked as senior editor until 1983. From 1971 to 1976, Siegel worked for WRVR Radio in New York City as a reporter, host, and director of news and public affairs. While at WRVR, he was one of a team that received an Armstrong Award for the series "Rockefeller's Drug Law." Before going to WRVR, he was morning news reporter and telephone talk show host for WGLI Radio in Babylon, New York. Siegel shared in NPR's 1994/95 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Silver Baton Award for "The Changing of the Guard: The Republican Revolution," NPR's coverage of the first 100 days of the 104th Congress. His coverage of the peace movements in East and West Germany earned him a 1984 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Silver Baton Award for excellence in broadcast journalism. Siegel's two-part documentary "Murder, Punishment, and Parole in Alabama" earned the 1997 American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award. The series revealed a criminal justice system beset by the financial difficulties of keeping violent offenders in long-term incarceration. His other awards include the National Mental Health Association's 1991 Mental Health Award for his interviews conducted on the streets of New York in an All Things Considered story, "The Mentally Ill Homeless." A graduate of New York's Stuyvesant High School and Columbia University, Siegel began his career in radio at the college radio station WKCR- FM where he anchored coverage of the 1968 Columbia demonstrations. The station's work received an award from the Writers Guild of America East. Siegel is the editor of The NPR Interviews 1994, The NPR Interviews 1995, and The NPR Interviews 1996—compilations of NPR's most popular radio conversations from each year. Cookie Consent and Choices. NPR’s sites use cookies, similar tracking and storage technologies, and information about the device you use to access our sites (together, “cookies”) to enhance your viewing, listening and user experience, personalize content, personalize messages from NPR’s sponsors, provide social media features, and analyze NPR’s traffic. This information is shared with social media, sponsorship, analytics, and other vendors or service providers. See details. 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Siegel has been honored with three Silver Batons from Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University, first in 1984 for All Things Considered 's coverage of peace movements in East and West Germany. He shared in NPR's 1994 Silver Baton Award for "The Changing of the Guard: The Republican Revolution," for coverage of the first 100 days of the 104 th Congress. He was part of the NPR team that won a Silver Baton for the network's coverage of the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan Province, China. Other awards Siegel has earned include a 1997 American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award for the two-part documentary, "Murder, Punishment, and Parole in Alabama" and the National Mental Health Association's 1991 Mental Health Award for his interviews conducted on the streets of New York in an All Things Considered story, "The Mentally Ill Homeless." Siegel joined NPR in December 1976 as a newscaster and became an editor the following year. In 1979, Siegel became NPR's first staffer based overseas when he was chosen to open NPR's London bureau, where he worked as senior editor until 1983. After London, Siegel served for four years as director the News and Information Department, overseeing production of NPR's newsmagazines All Things Considered and Morning Edition , as well as special events and other news programming. During his tenure, NPR launched its popular Saturday and Sunday newsmagazine Weekend Edition . Before coming to NPR, Siegel worked for WRVR Radio in New York City as a reporter, host and news director. He was part of the WRVR team honored with an Armstrong Award for the series, "Rockefeller's Drug Law." Prior to WRVR, he was morning news reporter and telephone talk show host for WGLI Radio in Babylon, New York. A graduate of New York's Stuyvesant High School and Columbia University, Siegel began his career in radio at Columbia's radio station, WKCR-FM. As a student he anchored coverage of the 1968 Columbia demonstrations and contributed to the work that earned the station an award from the Writers Guild of America East. Siegel is the editor of The NPR Interviews 1994 , The NPR Interviews 1995 and The NPR Interviews 1996 , compilations of NPR's most popular radio conversations from each year.