Jeremy Hobson is an American national radio journalist. He was a co-host, along with

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and Tonya Mosley, of

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and WBUR's ''Here and Now''. He left the show in October 2020.

Education and personal life

A native of

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, Hobson graduated from University High School in 1999 and received his undergraduate degree from

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. He is the son of pianist

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. Hobson identifies as gay, and was the first openly LGBT person to host a WBUR program.

Career

Prior to his tenure at NPR, Hobson worked at NPR member stations

WCAI WCAI (90.1 FM) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, WNAN (91.1 FM) in Nantucket, and WZAI (94.3 FM) in Brewster, are National Public Radio member radio stations serving the Cape Cod and Islands area of southeast Massachusetts. They broadcast primaril ...

(Cape Cod, Massachusetts), WILL (Urbana, Illinois), and

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, as a reporter and local show host. He has also been a producer for

’s ''

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'', ''

Day to Day ''Day to Day'' (''D2D'') was a one-hour weekday American radio newsmagazine distributed by National Public Radio (NPR), and produced by NPR in collaboration with ''Slate''. Madeleine Brand, Alex Chadwick, and Alex Cohen served as hosts. Topics ...

'' and '' Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!''. Hobson hosted the ''Marketplace'' Morning Report from 2011 to 2013.

References

External links

NPR BiographyHere and Now Website
Living people American male journalists Boston University alumni NPR personalities People from Urbana, Illinois Journalists from Illinois Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) American gay writers American LGBT journalists American LGBT broadcasters American radio journalists Gay journalists University Laboratory High School (Urbana, Illinois) alumni {{US-journalist-20thC-stub