Adam Hochberg is a radio correspondent for

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based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Hochberg reports on a broad range of issues in the Southeast. Since he joined

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in 1995, Hochberg has traveled the region extensively, reporting on its changing economy, demographics, culture, and politics. He covered the

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, followed candidates in three Presidential elections, and reported on more than a dozen hurricanes. He's also appeared as a guest on the popular NPR program

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. Before joining NPR, Hochberg worked as a freelance journalist in North Carolina. He was a regular contributor to

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, and North Carolina's statewide public television network. Prior to that, he served as assistant news director at

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Radio in Raleigh and as a reporter at

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Radio in Chapel Hill. Five times, Hochberg has been named "North Carolina Radio Journalist of the Year" by the

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. His numerous other journalism awards include two Ohio State Awards, an

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Regional Award, and a Corporation for Public Broadcasting Public Radio Program Award. Hochberg is active in journalism education. He's taught in the

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Continuing Education program and served on the board of directors for the

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Journalism Alumni and Friends Association. He also has taught communication classes at

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in Raleigh. A native of Chicago, Hochberg received his master's degree in 1986 from the

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. He graduated from the

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in 1985. He and his wife Heidi, along with their daughter Elise, live in Chapel Hill. Adam Hochberg is the younger brother of

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'' correspondent Lee Hochberg and

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, a member of the

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representing District 137 in southwest Houston.

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