300px, Don Gonyea in 2017 Don Gonyea (; born 1956) is an American journalist. He is the national political correspondent for

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'', '' Weekend Edition'', and '' Here and Now'' programs. Gonyea began working for NPR in 1986, reporting on the automobile industry and labor issues in Detroit. He was part of the team that in 2000 won the

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for a series called ''Lost & Found Sound''. Gonyea is a 1978 graduate of

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, where he worked for the public television station, WKAR-TV. He was awarded the 2013 WKAR Public Media Master Award by the MSU College of Communication Arts and Sciences.

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