Lynn Neary is a former American radio journalist. She was a correspondent on

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and on National Desk's Arts and Information Unit, covering books and publishing.

Early years and education

Neary was born and raised in Crestwood, Westchester County, NY. She earned a

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in English from

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."Bio: Lynn Neary"
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Career

Neary began her career in

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as a

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and reporter, covering education and county government at NPR member station WOSU in

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. She later moved to WRMT in

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. In 1982, she became a newscaster on

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, before taking over as weekend host of

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in 1984, a post she held until 1992. Neary was a regular guest host on NPR newsmagazines and its weekday talk show,

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. Neary joined NPR's Cultural Desk in 1993. She developed NPR's first religious affairs newsbeat. After 37 years at NPR, Neary retired in December 2019.

Awards

Along with producer Dan Morris, Neary received a 1988

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for ''625 K Street'', a report on the Arthur Kapper Housing Project, dubbed "the worst public housing in the District of Columbia". The piece centred on drug-related murders. Neary reported for an

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documentary, ''A Primer on Breast Cancer'', which won a 1992

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Gold Award, an Ohio State Award, and an International Association of Women in Radio and Television Award. For her reporting on

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, Neary shared NPR's 1994-95 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Silver Baton Award. She also won a 1999

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for her report on a program for prisoners in New York's

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prison.

References

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