Andrea Seabrook (born 1974) is an American journalist reporting in various formats:
radio, 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, ''
All Things Considered'', ''
Weekend Edition'', ''
Talk of the Nation'', 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, and then Managing Editor of the civic-tech app,
Countable.
Life
Seabrook received a bachelor's degree in biology from
Earlham College in 1996. While at Earlham, Seabrook worked at
WECI
WECI (91.5 FM) is a public radio station broadcasting a Variety format, and licensed to Richmond, Indiana, United States. The student-run station is currently owned by Earlham College, though some of the DJs are from the Richmond community. The ...
, the college's public radio station. As part of her degree, Seabrook studied
Latin American literature at La UNAM, The
National Autonomous University of Mexico
The National Autonomous University of Mexico ( es, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It is consistently ranked as one of the best universities in Latin America, where it's also the bigges ...
in
Mexico City.
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 The ''Radio Expeditions'' series was a joint production of National Public Radio and the National Geographic Society. ''Radio Expeditions'' used interviews, narration, and on-location recording to bring listeners to exotic locations around the world ...
,'' a joint series of NPR and
National Geographic
''National Geographic'' (formerly the ''National Geographic Magazine'', sometimes branded as NAT GEO) is a popular American monthly magazine published by National Geographic Partners. Known for its photojournalism, it is one of the most widely ...
. She then went to work on ''
Morning Edition"
'' 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
Kickstarter is an American public benefit corporation based in Brooklyn, New York, that maintains a global crowdfunding platform focused on creativity. The company's stated mission is to "help bring creative projects to life". As of July 2021, ...
campaign and a with a partnership with
SoundCloud.
In September, 2012
DecodeDC moved to the Mule Radio Podcast Syndicate In November 2013, DecodeDC was acquired by the
E.W. Scripps Corp.
Currently, Seabrook is the Managing Editor of Countable,
the premier
civic technology app in the U.S.
References
External links
NPR Bio (archived)Twitter FeedDeCodeDC Website
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1974 births
Living people
American women journalists
American reporters and correspondents
Place of birth missing (living people)
NPR personalities
American Quakers
Earlham College alumni
21st-century American journalists
21st-century American women