Jay Allison is an American independent
public radio
Public broadcasting involves radio, television and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service. Public broadcasters receive funding from diverse sources including license fees, individual contributions, public financing ...
producer and broadcast
journalist. His work has been featured on radio programs such as ''
This American Life'', as well as
National Public Radio's ''
All Things Considered'', and ''
Morning Edition''. Allison is the Executive Director of Atlantic Public Media, which produced and administers Transom.org and the
Public Radio Exchange PRX, and is the "Curator" and co-producer, with
Dan Gediman, of ''
This I Believe''. He is also the "Curator" of the radio program, Heart of the Lan
He was the 1996 recipient of the CPB's Edward R. Murrow Award for outstanding contributions to public radio,
CPB: Recipients of the Edgar R. Murrow Award
the only independent producer to have received it. He has also received five Peabody Award
The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards or the Peabodys) program, named for the American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, honor the most powerful, enlightening, and invigorating stories in television, radio, and ...
s.
Allison and Gediman collected some of the best essays from the ''This I Believe'' series and published them in the books ''This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women'' () and ''This I Believe II'' ().
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Transom
Public Radio Exchange
Public Media Maverick Jay Allison
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Thought Cast
NPR personalities
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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