Alex Chadwick
Alex Chadwick | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Notable credit(s) | All Things Considered Day to Day Weekend Edition |
| Spouse | Carolyn Jensen |
Alex Chadwickis an American journalist best known for his work onNational Public Radio,and as a former co-host of the radionewsmagazineDay to Day.[1]He was a part of the development of NPR'sMorning Editionin the 1970s and was an on-air personality onAll Things ConsideredandWeekend Edition.Chadwick has also worked withABCandCBS.
This American LifehostIra Glasshas written often about Chadwick's influence on his work. In a 2000 commencement speech to theUC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism,Glass said, "I went through a very early phase that lasted about half a year. Whenever I would get into any kind of trouble in writing about some moment, some scene, how do you get into the story, how do you end the story, there was this NPR reporter who I adored, who I thought was just the most amazing writer. He is a really wonderful writer, named Alex Chadwick. And I would simply decide I am going to write this story as Alex Chadwick. And I would sit there and try to completely write this thing in this guy’s voice, totally do it as him, literally write this story as this man who was not myself. I have to say I created some very nice scripts like that."[2]
In January 2009, NPR laid off Chadwick. He was one of 67 employees terminated after a budget shortfall attributed to a drop in corporateunderwritingin the wake of theeconomic crisis of 2008.[3]
Chadwick continues to do a video blog forSlate Vcalled "Interviews, 50 cents."[4]
Chadwick received theSigma Delta Chi Awardforinvestigative journalismand two Lowell Thomas Awards from theOverseas Press Clubfor foreign reporting, and was part of theCBS Newsteam that produced theEmmy Award- andPeabody Award-winning documentaryIn the Killing Fields of America.
Chadwick was married toRadio Expeditionsexecutive producerCarolyn Jensen,who died in 2010.
References
[edit]- ^Alex Chadwick (November 7, 2008)."Hey, that's no way to say goodbye".National Public Radio.Archivedfrom the original on December 10, 2008.RetrievedNovember 7,2008.
- ^Glass, Ira (May 13, 2000)."Ira Glass Commencement Speech – Class of 2000".Berkeley Journalism.RetrievedDecember 7,2021.
- ^ Carney, Steve (December 10, 2008)."National Public Radio to cut shows, personnel".Los Angeles Times.RetrievedDecember 11,2008.
- ^Chadwick, Alex."Interviews 50 Cents".Slate.
- "NPR Biography: Alex Chadwick".National Public Radio. 2008. Archived fromthe originalon September 23, 2008.RetrievedSeptember 26,2008.
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