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Adam Davidson (journalist)
Adam Davidson (born 1970) is an American journalist. He was a co-founder of NPR's Planet Money program. Previously he has covered globalization issues, the Asian tsunami, and the war in Iraq, for which he won the Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize. He and Adam McKay were former co-hosts of Surprisingly Awesome from Gimlet Media. Davidson worked as an economics columnist for ''The New York Times Magazine'' and in 2016 took a position at ''The New Yorker''. Early life and education Davidson's father, Jack Davidson, was a film and television actor, and he grew up in the Westbeth Artists Community in Manhattan's West Village. He attended college at the University of Chicago, graduating in 1992. Adam is an atheist of Jewish descent. Career Davidson worked at PRI as a Middle East correspondent for ''Marketplace'' and then went on to work at NPR as the international business and economics correspondent. In 2008, Davidson, along with Alex Blumberg founded ''Planet Money'' on NPR. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Davidson (NPR) May 2012 , Scottish footballer
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Adam Davidson may refer to: *Adam Davidson (director) (born 1964), American actor and television director *Adam Davidson (journalist), American radio journalist *Adam Davidson (tennis), former American tennis player *Adam Davidson (footballer) Adam Richmond Davidson (28 November 1929 – September 2007) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League as a winger for Colchester United. Career Born in Invergowrie, Davidson joined Football League club Sheffield Wednesda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Blumberg
Alex Blumberg is an American entrepreneur, radio journalist, former producer for public radio and television, best known for his work with ''This American Life'', ''Planet Money'', and '' How to Save a Planet''. He is the co-founder and CEO of the podcast network Gimlet Media. Career Blumberg received a B.A. from Oberlin College and is currently an adjunct professor of journalism at Columbia University."Alex Blumberg, NPR Biography" ''NPR.org''. March 26, 2009. After graduating, Blumberg lived in Russia for a year before returning to his hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio and eventually moving to Chicago. In Chicago, he taught science at a private school for four years. In 1994, he spent the summer interning at Harper's Magazine in Brooklyn. Later, he was introduced to [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century American Journalists
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1970 Births
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The New Yorker Staff Writers
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American Podcasters
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Living People
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NPR Personalities
The following is a list of National Public Radio personnel: Leadership *John Lansing, president and CEO *Jarl Mohn, president emeritus, board member of NPR Foundation, and co-chair of NPR's 50th anniversary capital campaign. * Paul G. Haaga, Jr., chair of the board of directors * Howard Wollner, president of the NPR Foundation * Christopher Turpin, Acting Senior Vice President, News, and Editorial Director * Stacey Foxwell, vice president of operations * Sarah Gilbert, acting vice president for news programming and operations News hosts *Melissa Block – Special Correspondent and former Host, ''All Things Considered'' *Ailsa Chang – Co-Host, ''All Things Considered,'' Culver City, California *Leila Fadel – Co-Host, ''Morning Edition'' * Steve Inskeep – Co-Host, ''Morning Edition'', Washington, D.C. *Mary Louise Kelly – Co-Host, ''All Things Considered'' *Michel Martin – Weekend Host, ''All Things Considered'' * Rachel Martin – Co-Host, ''Morning Edition'' * A M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Male Journalists
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The Giant Pool Of Money
"The Giant Pool of Money" is an episode of the radio show ''This American Life'' which originally aired on May 9, 2008. The episode described to a general audience the causes and factors which led to the subprime mortgage crisis. Specifically, the show aimed to show the chain of people who were "participants up and down the subprime food chain". The show featured Adam Davidson, a business correspondent for National Public Radio and Alex Blumberg, a producer for the show, interviewing and reporting on the financial crisis. Blumberg described it as trying to answer the question "why are they lending money to people who can't afford to pay it back?" In 2020, the episode was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Recording Registry, making it the first podcast to be added to the registry. Content of the show The episode's name "The Giant Pool of Money" is derived from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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