Andrea Seabrook (born 1974) is an American journalist reporting in various formats:

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, print, podcast & digital. She is known for her coverage of politics, Congress and the White House, and for her work hosting NPR's signature news programs, ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and others. Seabrook was among the first on-air public radio personalities to leave NPR and start a successful, independent podcast
DecodeDC
which was later acquired by the E.W. Scripps Corp. Seabrook went on to serve as DC Bureau Chief of ''Marketplace'' with

Kai Ryssdal Kai Ryssdal (; born October 8, 1963) is an American radio journalist and the host of ''Marketplace'', a business program that airs weekdays on U.S. public radio stations. He also co-hosts the spinoff podcast ''Make Me Smart'' with Kimberly Adams. ...

, and then Managing Editor of the civic-tech app,

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Life

Seabrook received a bachelor's degree in biology from

Earlham College Earlham College is a private liberal arts college in Richmond, Indiana. The college was established in 1847 by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and has a strong focus on Quaker values such as integrity, a commitment to peace and social ...

in 1996. While at Earlham, Seabrook worked at WECI, the college's public radio station. As part of her degree, Seabrook studied

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at La UNAM, The National Autonomous University of Mexico in

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. Seabrook began reporting for NPR in 2001, after working on ''Anthem'', an NPR music program, and working in the Mexico Bureau and provided fill-in coverage of Mexico and Central America. She then returned to NPR headquarters in Washington, and worked on '' Radio Expeditions,'' a joint series of NPR and National Geographic. She then went to work on ''

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"'' with Bob Edwards. In July 2012, Seabrook left NPR and has started the pioneering political podcast
DecodeDC
with the goal of “deciphering Washington's Byzantine language and procedure, sweeping away what doesn't matter so listeners can focus on what does". The project was funded in part by a $100,724 Kickstarter campaign and a with a partnership with

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. In September, 2012
DecodeDC moved to the Mule Radio Podcast Syndicate
In November 2013, DecodeDC was acquired by the

E.W. Scripps Edward Willis Scripps (June 18, 1854 – March 12, 1926), was an American newspaper publisher and, together with his sister Ellen Browning Scripps, founder of The E. W. Scripps Company, a diversified media conglomerate, and United Press ne ...

Corp. Currently, Seabrook is the Managing Editor of Countable, the premier

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app in the U.S.

References

External links

NPR Bio (archived)Twitter FeedDeCodeDC Website
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