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The Takeaway (radio)
''The Takeaway'' is a morning radio news program co-created and co-produced by Public Radio International and WNYC. Its editorial partner is WGBH-FM; at launch the BBC World Service and ''The New York Times'' were also editorial partners. In addition to co-producing the program, PRX also distributes the program nationwide to its affiliated stations. The program debuted on WNYC in New York, WGBH in Boston, and WEAA in Baltimore. To date, the program has approximately 280 carrying stations across the country, including markets in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Miami, Portland, Boston, and more. The host is Melissa Harris-Perry. Mission The program's stated intent is to deliver "national and international news and cultural stories through a conversational and unprecedented personality-driven format." The program launched on April 28, 2008, initially airing in two separate live feeds—from 6am to 7am on WNYC 93.9FM and from 8 to 9am on AM820. On January 25, 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
News
News is information about current events. This may be provided through many different Media (communication), media: word of mouth, printing, Mail, postal systems, broadcasting, Telecommunications, electronic communication, or through the testimony of Witness, observers and witnesses to events. News is sometimes called "hard news" to differentiate it from soft media. Common topics for news reports include war, government, politics, education, health, the Climate change, environment, economy, business, fashion, entertainment, and sport, as well as Wikipedia:Unusual articles, quirky or unusual events. Government proclamations, concerning Monarchy, royal ceremonies, Law, laws, Tax, taxes, public health, and Crime, criminals, have been dubbed news since ancient times. Technology, Technological and Social change, social developments, often driven by government communication and espionage networks, have increased the speed with which news can spread, as well as influenced its conten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockefeller Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation is an American private foundation and philanthropic medical research and arts funding organization based at 420 Fifth Avenue, New York City. The second-oldest major philanthropic institution in America, after the Carnegie Corporation, the foundation was ranked as the 39th largest U.S. foundation by total giving as of 2015. By the end of 2016, assets were tallied at $4.1 billion (unchanged from 2015), with annual grants of $173 million. According to the OECD, the foundation provided US$103.8 million for development in 2019. The foundation has given more than $14 billion in current dollars. The foundation was started by Standard Oil magnate John D. Rockefeller ("Senior") and son "Junior", and their primary business advisor, Frederick Taylor Gates, on May 14, 1913, when its charter was granted by New York. The foundation has had an international reach since the 1930s and major influence on global non-governmental organizations. The World Health Organiza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Walter
Amy Elizabeth Walter (born October 19, 1969)"Profile: Amy Walter" is an American political analyst who is the publisher and editor-in-chief of ''''. Since 2015, she has also served as a political analyst for the ''''. Walter specializes in forecasting and analyzing national [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanzina Vega
Tanzina Vega is an American journalist. After reporting for the ''New York Times'' and CNN, she served as the weekday host of ''The Takeaway'', a public radio show broadcast, until July 2021. Background, education and early career Vega was born in New York City. She identifies as a Latina of Puerto Rican ancestry. Vega grew up with her parents and brother on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Though they lived in public housing and were poor, both of her parents earned master's degrees. With scholarship assistance from the I Have a Dream Foundation, and by working several jobs as a student, Vega was able to attend Stony Brook University on Long Island. She was a sociology major who minored in women’s studies and Latin/American/Caribbean studies. She graduated from Stony Brook in 1996. Professional journalism career In 2010, Vega was part of a team of ''New York Times'' journalists who won an Emmy Award for the documentary film "One in 8 Million" about the individual stories of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Headlee
Headlee is a surname. Notable people with the name include: *Celeste Headlee (born 1969), journalist *Richard Headlee (1930–2004) *Russell Headlee (1908–1987), member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1951–1968) See also *Headlee, Indiana *Hedley (surname) *Headley (surname) Headley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Chase Headley (born 1984), American professional baseball player *David Headley (born 1960), Pakistani-American terrorist *Dean Headley (born 1970), cricketer *Frederick Webb Headley ( ... {{surname, Headlee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd Zwillich
Todd or Todds may refer to: Places ;Australia: * Todd River, an ephemeral river ;United States: * Todd Valley, California, also known as Todd, an unincorporated community * Todd, Missouri, a ghost town * Todd, North Carolina, an unincorporated community * Todd County, Kentucky * Todd County, Minnesota * Todd County, South Dakota * Todd Fork, a river in Ohio * Todd Township, Minnesota * Todd Township, Fulton County, Pennsylvania * Todd Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania * Todds, Ohio, an unincorporated community People * Todd (given name) * Todd (surname) Arts and entertainment * ''Todd'' (album), a 1974 album by Todd Rundgren * Todd (''Cars''), a character in ''Cars'' * Todd (''Stargate''), a recurring character in the series ''Stargate Atlantis'' * The Todd (''Scrubs''), a character on ''Scrubs'' Other uses * Todd (elm cultivar) * Todd class, a characteristic class in algebraic topology * Todd-AO, a company in film post-production * Todd Corporation, a New Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Femi Oke
Femi Oke ( ; born 30 June 1966) is a British television presenter and journalist. Early life and education Femi Oke was born in London, England, to Nigerian parents of the Yoruba ethnic group. She is a graduate of Birmingham University, where she received a bachelor's degree in English literature and language. Broadcasting career Oke began her career at the age of 14 working as a junior reporter for the United Kingdom's first talk radio station, London Broadcasting Company. During 1993, she worked for a cable station called Wire TV; this was pre-Janet Street-Porter's L!VE TV. Oke presented several shows for the station, including the popular ''Soap on the Wire'' on a Saturday afternoon, with soap-opera expert Chris Stacey. In the early 1990s, Oke presented the BBC's flagship educational science programme '' Science in Action'' and was also a presenter of ''Top of the Pops''. She has also worked for London Weekend Television (1995–1999), Men & Motors (1998–1999) and Carlton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celeste Headlee
Celeste Headlee (born December 30, 1969) is an American radio journalist, author, public speaker, and co-host of the weekly series ''Retro Report on PBS.'' In her 20-year career in public radio, Headlee has served as the host of the Georgia Public Broadcasting program "On Second Thought" and co-host of the national morning news show ''The Takeaway''. Before 2009, she was the Midwest Correspondent for NPR's ''Day to Day'' and the host of a weekly show on Detroit Public Radio. Headlee is the author of ''We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations That Matter'' (Harper Wave, September 19, 2017). Early life Celeste Headlee was born December 30, 1969, in Whittier, California, the daughter of Judith Anne Still, a writer, and Larry Headlee, a marine geologist. Her father is of European descent. Her maternal grandparents were composer William Grant Still and pianist Verna Arvey. Her maternal grandfather was African-American and her maternal grandmother was of Russian Jewish descent. Headl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katherine Lanpher
__NOTOC__ Katherine Lanpher (born 1959) is an American writer, journalist, broadcaster, and podcaster, who came to national prominence as the co-host of the Air America Radio program ''The Al Franken Show'' in 2004 and 2005. Early life and education Katherine Lanpher was born in 1959. Lanpher graduated with a degree in journalism from Northwestern University and with a master's degree in American Cultural History from the University of Chicago. Career Lanpher started her career with internships at the ''Muskegon Chronicle'', the ''Detroit Free Press'' and the ''Chicago Sun-Times''. Lanpher worked for the '' St. Paul Pioneer Press'' for sixteen years (the last six as a columnist),Lanpher from her official website then left to host |
Lynn Sherr
Lynn Sherr (born March 4, 1942) is an American broadcast journalist and author, best known as a correspondent for the ABC news magazine ''20/20''. Life Sherr was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended Lower Merion High School in Ardmore. She received a B.A. from Wellesley College. She was a freelance host at WNET-TV in New York City, then staff. She worked for the Associated Press and WCBS-TV. In 1977, she was the guest host of the MacNeil–Lehrer Report while Robert MacNeil was absent, and has hosted a number of PBS specials. In 1983–85 she was a reporter/editor for Condé Nast. In 2008, she left the television network ABC after working with them for 31 years. She is the author of ''Outside the Box: A Memoir'', published in September 2006, which chronicles her life on and off TV, including her husband's death from cancer as well as her own battle with colon cancer. She received a 1994 George Foster Peabody Award along with producer Alan B. Goldberg for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daljit Dhaliwal
Daljit Dhaliwal (born 8 September 1962) is a British newsreader and television presenter. Dhaliwal is a former news presenter for the Al-Jazeera English news service that broadcast from Washington DC. Previously, she was the anchor chair of '' Worldfocus'' on PBS, which aired its last broadcast on 2 April 2010. She has been best known for presenting the critically acclaimed program ''Foreign Exchange'' also on PBS and the United Nations Television produced 21st Century documentary seen on CUNY cable television. Dhaliwal also does news segments for ABC News Now. From January 2008 to October 2009, she was sole anchor of ''Foreign Exchange''. She later did one episode of ''Global Watch'' in April 2008. She had been previously working on and off as a newsreader for BBC World News since November 2005, mostly as substitute for Katty Kay. Early life Dhaliwal was born in London, England, grew up in Southall, London. She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of East London, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farai Chideya
Farai Chideya (; born July 27, 1969, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States) is an American novelist, multimedia journalist, and radio host. She produced and hosted ''Pop and Politics with Farai Chideya'', a series of radio specials on politics for 15 years. She is the creator and host of the podcast ''Our Body Politic'', which launched in September 2020. Additionally, since 2012 Chideya has held the position of distinguished writer in residence at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute of New York University, where she teaches courses in radio production and media economics. Early life Chideya was born on July 27, 1969, in Baltimore, Maryland. Her mother is from Baltimore, and her father is from Zimbabwe. Chideya holds a Bachelor of Arts in English literature from Harvard College. She graduated from Harvard in 1990, '' magna cum laude''. Career Chideya was a member of the improv comedy troupe The Immediate Gratification Players. In 2000, she was distinguished as the most h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
