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'', 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 Peabody Award for a series called ''Lost & Found Sound''. Gonyea is a 1978 graduate of Michigan State University, where he worked for the public television station,

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. He was awarded the 2013 WKAR Public Media Master Award by the MSU College of Communication Arts and Sciences.

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1956 births Living people American reporters and correspondents NPR personalities Michigan State University alumni Radio personalities from Detroit 20th-century American journalists American male journalists {{US-journalist-1950s-stub